When installing openssl make sure your config looks like:

  > ./config --openssldir=/usr/local/openssl
 or
  > ./config --openssldir=/usr/local/ssl
If you are planning on upgrading the default OpenSSL libraries on a system like RedHat, not that I would recommend this, then you might try something like:

  > ./config --openssldir=/usr --shared
The --shared option to config will set up building the .so shared libraries which is important for such systems