diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 45dfa4b5..7e11fb7f 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ if(CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR STREQUAL CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR)
 endif()
 
 option(BOOST_COBALT_USE_BOOST_CONTAINER "Boost.Cobalt: Use boost.container instead of std::pmr" ${BOOST_COBALT_SHOULD_USE_CONTAINER})
+option(BOOST_COBALT_ENABLE_IO_SSL "Boost.Cobalt: Build boost_cobalt_io_ssl target when OpenSSL is available" ON)
 
 if (NOT BOOST_COBALT_IS_ROOT)
     # Generated by `boostdep --cmake cobalt`
@@ -112,16 +113,18 @@ if (NOT BOOST_COBALT_IS_ROOT)
     target_compile_definitions(boost_cobalt_io PRIVATE BOOST_COBALT_IO_SOURCE=1)
     add_library(Boost::cobalt::io ALIAS boost_cobalt_io)
 
-    find_package(OpenSSL)
+    if (BOOST_COBALT_ENABLE_IO_SSL)
+        find_package(OpenSSL)
 
-    if (OPENSSL_FOUND)
-        add_library(boost_cobalt_io_ssl
-                   src/io/ssl.cpp
-        )
+        if (OPENSSL_FOUND)
+            add_library(boost_cobalt_io_ssl
+                       src/io/ssl.cpp
+            )
 
-        target_link_libraries(boost_cobalt_io_ssl PUBLIC boost_cobalt_io OpenSSL::SSL OpenSSL::Crypto)
-        target_compile_definitions(boost_cobalt_io_ssl PRIVATE BOOST_COBALT_SSL_SOURCE=1)
-        add_library(Boost::cobalt::io::ssl ALIAS boost_cobalt_io_ssl)
+            target_link_libraries(boost_cobalt_io_ssl PUBLIC boost_cobalt_io OpenSSL::SSL OpenSSL::Crypto)
+            target_compile_definitions(boost_cobalt_io_ssl PRIVATE BOOST_COBALT_SSL_SOURCE=1)
+            add_library(Boost::cobalt::io::ssl ALIAS boost_cobalt_io_ssl)
+        endif()
     endif()
 
     if(BUILD_TESTING AND EXISTS "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/test/CMakeLists.txt")
@@ -244,14 +247,16 @@ else()
     target_compile_definitions(boost_cobalt_io PRIVATE BOOST_COBALT_IO_SOURCE=1)
     add_library(Boost::cobalt::io ALIAS boost_cobalt_io)
 
-    find_package(OpenSSL)
+    if (BOOST_COBALT_ENABLE_IO_SSL)
+        find_package(OpenSSL)
 
-    if (OPENSSL_FOUND)
-        add_library(boost_cobalt_io_ssl src/io/ssl.cpp)
+        if (OPENSSL_FOUND)
+            add_library(boost_cobalt_io_ssl src/io/ssl.cpp)
 
-        target_link_libraries(boost_cobalt_io_ssl PUBLIC boost_cobalt_io OpenSSL::SSL OpenSSL::Crypto)
-        target_compile_definitions(boost_cobalt_io_ssl PRIVATE BOOST_COBALT_SSL_SOURCE=1)
-        add_library(Boost::cobalt::io::ssl ALIAS boost_cobalt_io_ssl)
+            target_link_libraries(boost_cobalt_io_ssl PUBLIC boost_cobalt_io OpenSSL::SSL OpenSSL::Crypto)
+            target_compile_definitions(boost_cobalt_io_ssl PRIVATE BOOST_COBALT_SSL_SOURCE=1)
+            add_library(Boost::cobalt::io::ssl ALIAS boost_cobalt_io_ssl)
+        endif()
     endif()
 
     if(BOOST_COBALT_INSTALL AND NOT BOOST_SUPERPROJECT_VERSION)
diff --git a/boost-cobalt.jam b/boost-cobalt.jam
index e0820f52..dba3225b 100644
--- a/boost-cobalt.jam
+++ b/boost-cobalt.jam
@@ -9,4 +9,5 @@ import feature ;
 
 feature.feature boost.cobalt.pmr : std boost-container custom no : propagated ;
 feature.feature boost.cobalt.executor : any_io_executor use_io_context custom : propagated ;
+feature.feature boost.cobalt.ssl : auto on off : propagated ;
 
diff --git a/build.jam b/build.jam
index 071a6164..1e07e025 100644
--- a/build.jam
+++ b/build.jam
@@ -34,7 +34,9 @@ project /boost/cobalt
 explicit
     [ alias boost_cobalt : build//boost_cobalt ]
     [ alias boost_cobalt_io : build//boost_cobalt_io ]
-    [ alias boost_cobalt_io_ssl : build//boost_cobalt_io_ssl ]
+    [ alias boost_cobalt_io_ssl : build//boost_cobalt_io_ssl
+        : <boost.cobalt.ssl>off:<build>no
+    ]
     [ alias all : boost_cobalt boost_cobalt_io test example ]
     ;
 
diff --git a/build/Jamfile b/build/Jamfile
index f90c69d8..7c304bd3 100644
--- a/build/Jamfile
+++ b/build/Jamfile
@@ -116,6 +116,7 @@ lib boost_cobalt_io_ssl
     : io/ssl.cpp boost_cobalt_io
     : requirements <define>BOOST_COBALT_SSL_SOURCE=1
                    <link>shared:<define>BOOST_COBALT_DYN_LINK=1
+                   <boost.cobalt.ssl>off:<build>no
                    [ ac.check-library /openssl//ssl : <library>/openssl//ssl/<link>shared : <build>no ]
                    [ ac.check-library /openssl//crypto : <library>/openssl//crypto/<link>shared : <build>no ]
     : usage-requirements