diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
index 125ce4b8..974d1ef7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 name: release
 
 on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      ref:
+        description: 'Ref to release'
+        required: false
+        default: ''
   push:
     tags:
       - "*"
@@ -37,6 +43,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
+          ref: {{ github.event.inputs.ref }}
 
       - name: build release
         if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/')
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 88c983fe..778d8e73 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -40,6 +40,11 @@ if (DEFINED ENV{QUICER_USE_OPENSSL3})
   set(QUIC_TLS "openssl3")
 endif()
 
+if (DEFINED ENV{QUIC_USE_SYSTEM_LIBCRYPTO})
+  message(STATUS "Link to system libcrypto")
+  set(QUIC_USE_SYSTEM_LIBCRYPTO "ON")
+endif()
+
 if (DEFINED ENV{QUIC_ENABLE_LOGGING})
   set(QUIC_ENABLE_LOGGING $ENV{QUIC_ENABLE_LOGGING})
   set(QUIC_LOGGING_TYPE lttng)