diff --git a/salt/utils/rsax931.py b/salt/utils/rsax931.py
index f827cc6db8..b728595186 100644
--- a/salt/utils/rsax931.py
+++ b/salt/utils/rsax931.py
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
     """
     Attempt to load libcrypto.
     """
-    return cdll.LoadLibrary(_find_libcrypto())
+    return cdll.LoadLibrary('@libcrypto@')
 
 
 def _init_libcrypto():

--- a/salt/utils/rsax931.py	2021-11-24 00:39:57.940790184 +0100
+++ b/salt/utils/rsax931.py	2021-11-24 00:38:35.436728341 +0100
@@ -85,6 +85,10 @@
     """
     Attempt to load libcrypto.
     """
+    try:
+        return cdll.LoadLibrary('@libcrypto@')
+    except OSError:
+        pass
     return cdll.LoadLibrary(_find_libcrypto())
 
 

Fix loading of libcrypto when using salt-ssh
Fix loading of libcrypto when using salt-ssh

When using salt-ssh, Salt would copy itself to the target machine. The libcrypto loading patch included in Nix hardcodes the location, but does not provide any fallback for the target machine, making salt-ssh unusable from a nix environment, which is ironically, one of the coolest use-cases of nix: a self contained git repo with a Saltfile and a shell.nix with dependencies.