diff --git a/Modules/FindOpenSSL.cmake b/Modules/FindOpenSSL.cmake
index 59efe4bbe..d1fc2d259 100644
--- a/Modules/FindOpenSSL.cmake
+++ b/Modules/FindOpenSSL.cmake
@@ -213,6 +213,37 @@ ELSE(WIN32 AND NOT CYGWIN)
 
 ENDIF(WIN32 AND NOT CYGWIN)
 
+function(from_hex HEX DEC)
+  string(TOUPPER "${HEX}" HEX)
+  set(_res 0)
+  string(LENGTH "${HEX}" _strlen)
+
+  while (_strlen GREATER 0)
+    math(EXPR _res "${_res} * 16")
+    string(SUBSTRING "${HEX}" 0 1 NIBBLE)
+    string(SUBSTRING "${HEX}" 1 -1 HEX)
+    if (NIBBLE STREQUAL "A")
+      math(EXPR _res "${_res} + 10")
+    elseif (NIBBLE STREQUAL "B")
+      math(EXPR _res "${_res} + 11")
+    elseif (NIBBLE STREQUAL "C")
+      math(EXPR _res "${_res} + 12")
+    elseif (NIBBLE STREQUAL "D")
+      math(EXPR _res "${_res} + 13")
+    elseif (NIBBLE STREQUAL "E")
+      math(EXPR _res "${_res} + 14")
+    elseif (NIBBLE STREQUAL "F")
+      math(EXPR _res "${_res} + 15")
+    else()
+      math(EXPR _res "${_res} + ${NIBBLE}")
+    endif()
+
+    string(LENGTH "${HEX}" _strlen)
+  endwhile()
+
+  set(${DEC} ${_res} PARENT_SCOPE)
+endfunction(from_hex)
+
 if (OPENSSL_INCLUDE_DIR)
   if (_OPENSSL_VERSION)
     set(OPENSSL_VERSION "${_OPENSSL_VERSION}")
@@ -231,15 +262,16 @@ if (OPENSSL_INCLUDE_DIR)
            "\\1;\\2;\\3;\\4;\\5" OPENSSL_VERSION_LIST "${openssl_version_str}")
     list(GET OPENSSL_VERSION_LIST 0 OPENSSL_VERSION_MAJOR)
     list(GET OPENSSL_VERSION_LIST 1 OPENSSL_VERSION_MINOR)
+    from_hex("${OPENSSL_VERSION_MINOR}" OPENSSL_VERSION_MINOR)
     list(GET OPENSSL_VERSION_LIST 2 OPENSSL_VERSION_FIX)
+    from_hex("${OPENSSL_VERSION_FIX}" OPENSSL_VERSION_FIX)
     list(GET OPENSSL_VERSION_LIST 3 OPENSSL_VERSION_PATCH)
 
-    string(REGEX REPLACE "^0(.)" "\\1" OPENSSL_VERSION_MINOR "${OPENSSL_VERSION_MINOR}")
-    string(REGEX REPLACE "^0(.)" "\\1" OPENSSL_VERSION_FIX "${OPENSSL_VERSION_FIX}")
-
     if (NOT OPENSSL_VERSION_PATCH STREQUAL "00")
+      from_hex("${OPENSSL_VERSION_PATCH}" _tmp)
       # 96 is the ASCII code of 'a' minus 1
-      math(EXPR OPENSSL_VERSION_PATCH_ASCII "${OPENSSL_VERSION_PATCH} + 96")
+      math(EXPR OPENSSL_VERSION_PATCH_ASCII "${_tmp} + 96")
+      unset(_tmp)
       # Once anyone knows how OpenSSL would call the patch versions beyond 'z'
       # this should be updated to handle that, too. This has not happened yet
       # so it is simply ignored here for now.