diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index f704f827..19093ac6 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -114,12 +114,11 @@ if (WIN32)
   set(USE_MBED_TLS TRUE)
 endif()
 
-set(USE_OPEN_SSL FALSE)
 if (USE_TLS)
     if (USE_MBED_TLS)
         list( APPEND IXWEBSOCKET_HEADERS ixwebsocket/IXSocketMbedTLS.h)
         list( APPEND IXWEBSOCKET_SOURCES ixwebsocket/IXSocketMbedTLS.cpp)
-    elseif (APPLE)
+    elseif (APPLE AND NOT USE_OPEN_SSL)
         list( APPEND IXWEBSOCKET_HEADERS ixwebsocket/IXSocketAppleSSL.h)
         list( APPEND IXWEBSOCKET_SOURCES ixwebsocket/IXSocketAppleSSL.cpp)
     elseif (WIN32)
@@ -141,6 +140,8 @@ if (USE_TLS)
     target_compile_definitions(ixwebsocket PUBLIC IXWEBSOCKET_USE_TLS)
     if (USE_MBED_TLS)
         target_compile_definitions(ixwebsocket PUBLIC IXWEBSOCKET_USE_MBED_TLS)
+    elseif (USE_OPEN_SSL)
+        target_compile_definitions(ixwebsocket PUBLIC IXWEBSOCKET_USE_OPEN_SSL)
     elseif (APPLE)
     elseif (WIN32)
     else()
@@ -163,6 +164,13 @@ if (UNIX)
 endif()
 
 if (USE_TLS AND USE_OPEN_SSL)
+
+  # Help finding Homebrew's OpenSSL on macOS
+  if (APPLE)
+    set(CMAKE_LIBRARY_PATH ${CMAKE_LIBRARY_PATH} /usr/local/opt/openssl/lib)
+    set(CMAKE_INCLUDE_PATH ${CMAKE_INCLUDE_PATH} /usr/local/opt/openssl/include)
+  endif()
+
   find_package(OpenSSL REQUIRED)
   add_definitions(${OPENSSL_DEFINITIONS})
   message(STATUS "OpenSSL: " ${OPENSSL_VERSION})
diff --git a/DOCKER_VERSION b/DOCKER_VERSION
index 798e3899..dc0208ab 100644
--- a/DOCKER_VERSION
+++ b/DOCKER_VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-6.3.0
+6.3.1
diff --git a/docs/CHANGELOG.md b/docs/CHANGELOG.md
index 7464493f..e71003f8 100644
--- a/docs/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/docs/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 # Changelog
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
+## [6.3.1] - 2019-09-29
+
+- Add ability to use OpenSSL on apple platforms.
+
 ## [6.3.0] - 2019-09-28
 
 - ixcobra / fix crash in CobraConnection::publishNext when the queue is empty + handle CobraConnection_PublishMode_Batch in CobraMetricsThreadedPublisher
diff --git a/ixwebsocket/IXSocketFactory.cpp b/ixwebsocket/IXSocketFactory.cpp
index 8e10b730..26eb5c1c 100644
--- a/ixwebsocket/IXSocketFactory.cpp
+++ b/ixwebsocket/IXSocketFactory.cpp
@@ -10,12 +10,12 @@
 
 #ifdef IXWEBSOCKET_USE_MBED_TLS
 #include <ixwebsocket/IXSocketMbedTLS.h>
-#elif __APPLE__
-#include <ixwebsocket/IXSocketAppleSSL.h>
 #elif defined(_WIN32)
 #include <ixwebsocket/IXSocketSChannel.h>
 #elif defined(IXWEBSOCKET_USE_OPEN_SSL)
 #include <ixwebsocket/IXSocketOpenSSL.h>
+#elif __APPLE__
+#include <ixwebsocket/IXSocketAppleSSL.h>
 #endif
 
 #else
@@ -42,12 +42,12 @@ namespace ix
 #ifdef IXWEBSOCKET_USE_TLS
 #if defined(IXWEBSOCKET_USE_MBED_TLS)
             socket = std::make_shared<SocketMbedTLS>(tlsOptions);
-#elif defined(__APPLE__)
-            socket = std::make_shared<SocketAppleSSL>(tlsOptions);
+#elif defined(IXWEBSOCKET_USE_OPEN_SSL)
+            socket = std::make_shared<SocketOpenSSL>(tlsOptions);
 #elif defined(_WIN32)
             socket = std::make_shared<SocketSChannel>(tlsOptions);
-#else
-            socket = std::make_shared<SocketOpenSSL>(tlsOptions);
+#elif defined(__APPLE__)
+            socket = std::make_shared<SocketAppleSSL>(tlsOptions);
 #endif
 #else
             errorMsg = "TLS support is not enabled on this platform.";
diff --git a/ixwebsocket/IXWebSocketVersion.h b/ixwebsocket/IXWebSocketVersion.h
index 14d9b839..c7fadcbe 100644
--- a/ixwebsocket/IXWebSocketVersion.h
+++ b/ixwebsocket/IXWebSocketVersion.h
@@ -6,4 +6,4 @@
 
 #pragma once
 
-#define IX_WEBSOCKET_VERSION "6.3.0"
+#define IX_WEBSOCKET_VERSION "6.3.1"
diff --git a/makefile b/makefile
index 34b77cd6..53d85681 100644
--- a/makefile
+++ b/makefile
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ brew:
 ws:
 	mkdir -p build && (cd build ; cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug -DUSE_TLS=1 -DUSE_WS=1 -DUSE_MBED_TLS=1 .. ; make -j 4)
 
+ws_openssl:
+	mkdir -p build && (cd build ; cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug -DUSE_TLS=1 -DUSE_WS=1 -DUSE_OPEN_SSL=1 .. ; make -j 4)
+
 uninstall:
 	xargs rm -fv < build/install_manifest.txt
 
@@ -64,6 +67,10 @@ test:
 	mkdir -p build && (cd build ; cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug -DUSE_TLS=1 -DUSE_WS=1 -DUSE_TEST=1 .. ; make -j 4)
 	(cd test ; python2.7 run.py -r)
 
+test_openssl:
+	mkdir -p build && (cd build ; cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug -DUSE_TLS=1 -DUSE_OPEN_SSL=1 -DUSE_WS=1 -DUSE_TEST=1 .. ; make -j 4)
+	(cd test ; python2.7 run.py -r)
+
 ws_test: ws
 	(cd ws ; env DEBUG=1 PATH=../ws/build:$$PATH bash test_ws.sh)