diff --git a/pkgs/servers/monitoring/net-snmp/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/monitoring/net-snmp/default.nix
index 6da7d8cf85b..c7eec4b91b3 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/monitoring/net-snmp/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/monitoring/net-snmp/default.nix
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   postInstall = ''
     for f in $out/lib/*.la $out/bin/net-snmp-config $out/bin/net-snmp-create-v3-user; do
-      sed 's|-L${openssl}|-L${openssl.out}|g' -i $f
+      sed 's|-L${openssl.dev}|-L${openssl.out}|g' -i $f
     done
   '';