diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 99e00514a1..0737db045f 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -2836,7 +2836,7 @@ if test X"$want_tcp2" != Xno; then
 
 fi
 
-if test "x$NGTCP2_ENABLED" = "x1" -a "x$OPENSSL_ENABLED" = "x1"; then
+if test "x$NGTCP2_ENABLED" = "x1" -a "x$OPENSSL_ENABLED" = "x1" -a "x$OPENSSL_IS_BORINGSSL" != "x1"; then
   dnl backup the pre-ngtcp2_crypto_quictls variables
   CLEANLDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS"
   CLEANCPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS"
@@ -2891,6 +2891,61 @@ if test "x$NGTCP2_ENABLED" = "x1" -a "x$OPENSSL_ENABLED" = "x1"; then
   fi
 fi
 
+if test "x$NGTCP2_ENABLED" = "x1" -a "x$OPENSSL_ENABLED" = "x1" -a "x$OPENSSL_IS_BORINGSSL" = "x1"; then
+  dnl backup the pre-ngtcp2_crypto_boringssl variables
+  CLEANLDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS"
+  CLEANCPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS"
+  CLEANLIBS="$LIBS"
+
+  CURL_CHECK_PKGCONFIG(libngtcp2_crypto_boringssl, $want_tcp2_path)
+
+  if test "$PKGCONFIG" != "no" ; then
+    LIB_NGTCP2_CRYPTO_BORINGSSL=`CURL_EXPORT_PCDIR([$want_tcp2_path])
+      $PKGCONFIG --libs-only-l libngtcp2_crypto_boringssl`
+    AC_MSG_NOTICE([-l is $LIB_NGTCP2_CRYPTO_BORINGSSL])
+
+    CPP_NGTCP2_CRYPTO_BORINGSSL=`CURL_EXPORT_PCDIR([$want_tcp2_path]) dnl
+      $PKGCONFIG --cflags-only-I libngtcp2_crypto_boringssl`
+    AC_MSG_NOTICE([-I is $CPP_NGTCP2_CRYPTO_BORINGSSL])
+
+    LD_NGTCP2_CRYPTO_BORINGSSL=`CURL_EXPORT_PCDIR([$want_tcp2_path])
+      $PKGCONFIG --libs-only-L libngtcp2_crypto_boringssl`
+    AC_MSG_NOTICE([-L is $LD_NGTCP2_CRYPTO_BORINGSSL])
+
+    LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS $LD_NGTCP2_CRYPTO_BORINGSSL"
+    CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS $CPP_NGTCP2_CRYPTO_BORINGSSL"
+    LIBS="$LIB_NGTCP2_CRYPTO_BORINGSSL $LIBS"
+
+    if test "x$cross_compiling" != "xyes"; then
+      DIR_NGTCP2_CRYPTO_BORINGSSL=`echo $LD_NGTCP2_CRYPTO_BORINGSSL | $SED -e 's/^-L//'`
+    fi
+    AC_CHECK_LIB(ngtcp2_crypto_boringssl, ngtcp2_crypto_recv_client_initial_cb,
+      [
+       AC_CHECK_HEADERS(ngtcp2/ngtcp2_crypto.h,
+          NGTCP2_ENABLED=1
+          AC_DEFINE(USE_NGTCP2_CRYPTO_BORINGSSL, 1, [if ngtcp2_crypto_boringssl is in use])
+          AC_SUBST(USE_NGTCP2_CRYPTO_BORINGSSL, [1])
+          CURL_LIBRARY_PATH="$CURL_LIBRARY_PATH:$DIR_NGTCP2_CRYPTO_BORINGSSL"
+          export CURL_LIBRARY_PATH
+          AC_MSG_NOTICE([Added $DIR_NGTCP2_CRYPTO_BORINGSSL to CURL_LIBRARY_PATH])
+       )
+      ],
+        dnl not found, revert back to clean variables
+        LDFLAGS=$CLEANLDFLAGS
+        CPPFLAGS=$CLEANCPPFLAGS
+        LIBS=$CLEANLIBS
+    )
+
+  else
+    dnl no ngtcp2_crypto_boringssl pkg-config found, deal with it
+    if test X"$want_tcp2" != Xdefault; then
+      dnl To avoid link errors, we do not allow --with-ngtcp2 without
+      dnl a pkgconfig file
+      AC_MSG_ERROR([--with-ngtcp2 was specified but could not find ngtcp2_crypto_boringssl pkg-config file.])
+    fi
+  fi
+fi
+
 if test "x$NGTCP2_ENABLED" = "x1" -a "x$GNUTLS_ENABLED" = "x1"; then
   dnl backup the pre-ngtcp2_crypto_gnutls variables
   CLEANLDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS"
diff --git a/m4/curl-openssl.m4 b/m4/curl-openssl.m4
index c329b760fa..2fb2abecc5 100644
--- a/m4/curl-openssl.m4
+++ b/m4/curl-openssl.m4
@@ -271,6 +271,7 @@ if test "x$OPT_OPENSSL" != xno; then
     ],[
         AC_MSG_RESULT([yes])
         ssl_msg="BoringSSL"
+        OPENSSL_IS_BORINGSSL=1
     ],[
         AC_MSG_RESULT([no])
     ])
@@ -287,6 +288,7 @@ if test "x$OPT_OPENSSL" != xno; then
     ],[
         AC_MSG_RESULT([yes])
         ssl_msg="AWS-LC"
+        OPENSSL_IS_BORINGSSL=1
     ],[
         AC_MSG_RESULT([no])
     ])