diff --git a/plat/imx/imx7/common/imx7.mk b/plat/imx/imx7/common/imx7.mk
index fdde9a9..f4f5bfc 100644
--- a/plat/imx/imx7/common/imx7.mk
+++ b/plat/imx/imx7/common/imx7.mk
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2018-2020, ARM Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.
+# Copyright (c) 2018-2022, ARM Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.
 #
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
 #
@@ -80,13 +80,13 @@
 $(ROT_KEY): | $(BUILD_PLAT)
 	@echo "  OPENSSL $@"
 	@if [ ! -f $(ROT_KEY) ]; then \
-		openssl genrsa 2048 > $@ 2>/dev/null; \
+		${OPENSSL_BIN_PATH}/openssl genrsa 2048 > $@ 2>/dev/null; \
 	fi
 
 $(ROTPK_HASH): $(ROT_KEY)
 	@echo "  OPENSSL $@"
-	$(Q)openssl rsa -in $< -pubout -outform DER 2>/dev/null |\
-	openssl dgst -sha256 -binary > $@ 2>/dev/null
+	$(Q)${OPENSSL_BIN_PATH}/openssl rsa -in $< -pubout -outform DER 2>/dev/null |\
+	${OPENSSL_BIN_PATH}/openssl dgst -sha256 -binary > $@ 2>/dev/null
 endif
 
 # Add the build options to pack BLx images and kernel device tree