diff --git a/examples/WORKSPACE.bazel b/examples/WORKSPACE.bazel
index 3b122396b..58107971c 100644
--- a/examples/WORKSPACE.bazel
+++ b/examples/WORKSPACE.bazel
@@ -35,6 +35,10 @@ load("@rules_foreign_cc_examples_third_party//:repositories.bzl", examples_third
 
 examples_third_party_repositories()
 
+load("@rules_foreign_cc_examples_third_party//:setup.bzl", examples_third_party_setup = "setup")
+
+examples_third_party_setup()
+
 load("@bazel_tools//tools/build_defs/repo:http.bzl", "http_archive")
 
 http_archive(
diff --git a/examples/third_party/openssl/BUILD.openssl.bazel b/examples/third_party/openssl/BUILD.openssl.bazel
index 0a0d5e105..19d0a8cd0 100644
--- a/examples/third_party/openssl/BUILD.openssl.bazel
+++ b/examples/third_party/openssl/BUILD.openssl.bazel
@@ -79,8 +79,13 @@ configure_make(
     configure_in_place = True,
     configure_options = CONFIGURE_OPTIONS,
     env = select({
-        "@platforms//os:macos": {"AR": ""},
-        "//conditions:default": {},
+        "@platforms//os:macos": {
+            "AR": "",
+            "PERL": "$$EXT_BUILD_ROOT$$/$(PERL)",
+        },
+        "//conditions:default": {
+            "PERL": "$$EXT_BUILD_ROOT$$/$(PERL)",
+        },
     }),
     lib_name = LIB_NAME,
     lib_source = ":all_srcs",
@@ -91,6 +96,7 @@ configure_make(
         "libcrypto.a",
     ],
     targets = MAKE_TARGETS,
+    toolchains = ["@rules_perl//:current_toolchain"],
 )
 
 filegroup(
diff --git a/examples/third_party/openssl/openssl_repositories.bzl b/examples/third_party/openssl/openssl_repositories.bzl
index 2a11c924e..6231a5fea 100644
--- a/examples/third_party/openssl/openssl_repositories.bzl
+++ b/examples/third_party/openssl/openssl_repositories.bzl
@@ -28,7 +28,18 @@ def openssl_repositories():
             "https://www.nasm.us/pub/nasm/releasebuilds/2.15.05/win64/nasm-2.15.05-win64.zip",
         ],
     )
+    maybe(
+        http_archive,
+        name = "rules_perl",
+        sha256 = "55fbe071971772758ad669615fc9aac9b126db6ae45909f0f36de499f6201dd3",
+        strip_prefix = "rules_perl-2f4f36f454375e678e81e5ca465d4d497c5c02da",
+        urls = [
+            "https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_perl/archive/2f4f36f454375e678e81e5ca465d4d497c5c02da.tar.gz",
+        ],
+    )
 
+    # rules_perl doesn't currently support Windows, so we need to bring along our own Perl.
+    # https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_perl/issues/30
     maybe(
         http_archive,
         name = "perl",
diff --git a/examples/third_party/openssl/openssl_setup.bzl b/examples/third_party/openssl/openssl_setup.bzl
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9217480a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/third_party/openssl/openssl_setup.bzl
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+"""A module initialising the third party dependencies OpenSSL"""
+
+load("@rules_perl//perl:deps.bzl", "perl_register_toolchains", "perl_rules_dependencies")
+
+def openssl_setup():
+    perl_rules_dependencies()
+    perl_register_toolchains()
diff --git a/examples/third_party/setup.bzl b/examples/third_party/setup.bzl
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2dbfb122e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/third_party/setup.bzl
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+"""A centralized module initializing repositories required for third party examples of rules_foreign_cc which require loading from repositories which themselves were loaded in repositories.bzl."""
+
+load("//openssl:openssl_setup.bzl", "openssl_setup")
+
+def setup():
+    openssl_setup()