diff --git a/docs/CONTRIBUTING.md b/docs/CONTRIBUTING.md
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--- a/docs/CONTRIBUTING.md
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@@ -10,4 +10,10 @@ cp scripts/cabal.project.local.mac cabal.project.local
 # cp scripts/cabal.project.local.linux cabal.project.local
 ```
 
+## OpenSSL on MacOS
+
+MacOS comes with LibreSSL as default, OpenSSL must be installed to compile SimpleX from source.
+
 OpenSSL can be installed with `brew install openssl@1.1`
+
+You will have to add `/opt/homebrew/opt/openssl@1.1/bin` to your PATH in order to have things working properly