diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index d6466ba5..be8eb1dc 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ include (${SHARED_DIR}/utils/uncommon/shared_uncommon.cmake)
 # STATIC LIBRARY
 add_library(iwasm_static STATIC ${WAMR_RUNTIME_LIB_SOURCE})
 if (WAMR_BUILD_WASM_CACHE EQUAL 1)
-  target_link_libraries(iwasm_static OpenSSL::SSL)
+  target_link_libraries(iwasm_static PUBLIC boringssl_crypto)
 endif ()
 set_target_properties (iwasm_static PROPERTIES OUTPUT_NAME vmlib)
 
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ add_library (iwasm_shared SHARED ${WAMR_RUNTIME_LIB_SOURCE})
 set_target_properties (iwasm_shared PROPERTIES OUTPUT_NAME iwasm)
 target_link_libraries (iwasm_shared ${LLVM_AVAILABLE_LIBS} ${UV_A_LIBS} -lm -ldl -lpthread)
 if (WAMR_BUILD_WASM_CACHE EQUAL 1)
-  target_link_libraries(iwasm_shared OpenSSL::SSL)
+  target_link_libraries(iwasm_shared boringssl_crypto)
 endif ()
 
 if (MINGW)
diff --git a/build-scripts/involve_boringssl.cmake b/build-scripts/involve_boringssl.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a0e069ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build-scripts/involve_boringssl.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+# Copyright (C) 2019 Intel Corporation. All rights reserved.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception
+
+message(STATUS "involving boringssl...")
+
+include(ExternalProject)
+
+ExternalProject_Add(boringssl
+  PREFIX          external/boringssl
+  # follow envoy, which tracks BoringSSL, which tracks Chromium
+  # https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/blob/main/bazel/repository_locations.bzl#L112
+  # chromium-105.0.5195.37 (linux/beta)
+  URL             https://github.com/google/boringssl/archive/098695591f3a2665fccef83a3732ecfc99acdcdd.tar.gz
+  URL_HASH        SHA256=e141448cf6f686b6e9695f6b6459293fd602c8d51efe118a83106752cf7e1280
+  DOWNLOAD_EXTRACT_TIMESTAMP NEW
+  # SOURCE_DIR      ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/../external/boringssl
+  INSTALL_COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy_if_different ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/external/boringssl/src/boringssl-build/libssl.a
+                      ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/external/boringssl/
+                    && ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy_if_different ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/external/boringssl/src/boringssl-build/libcrypto.a
+                      ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/external/boringssl/
+                    && ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E create_symlink ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/external/boringssl/src/boringssl/src/include/openssl
+                      ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/external/boringssl/openssl
+)
+
+add_library(boringssl_ssl STATIC IMPORTED GLOBAL)
+set_target_properties(
+  boringssl_ssl
+  PROPERTIES
+    IMPORTED_LOCATION ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/external/boringssl/libssl.a
+    INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/external/boringssl/
+)
+add_dependencies(boringssl_ssl boringssl)
+
+add_library(boringssl_crypto STATIC IMPORTED GLOBAL)
+set_target_properties(
+  boringssl_crypto
+  PROPERTIES
+    IMPORTED_LOCATION ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/external/boringssl/libcrypto.a
+    INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/external/boringssl/
+)
+add_dependencies(boringssl_crypto boringssl)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/build-scripts/runtime_lib.cmake b/build-scripts/runtime_lib.cmake
index 97331886..4130894d 100644
--- a/build-scripts/runtime_lib.cmake
+++ b/build-scripts/runtime_lib.cmake
@@ -27,14 +27,6 @@ if (DEFINED EXTRA_SDK_INCLUDE_PATH)
     )
 endif ()
 
-# Need exactly OpenSSL 1.1.1
-if (WAMR_BUILD_WASM_CACHE EQUAL 1)
-     # Set OPENSSL_ROOT_DIR to the root directory of an OpenSSL installation.
-     # Like: cmake -DOPENSSL_ROOT_DIR=/usr/local/opt/openssl
-     # Especially on MacOS
-    find_package(OpenSSL 1.1.1 EXACT REQUIRED)
-endif ()
-
 # Set default options
 
 # Set WAMR_BUILD_TARGET, currently values supported:
@@ -155,6 +147,10 @@ if (WAMR_BUILD_LIB_RATS EQUAL 1)
     include (${IWASM_DIR}/libraries/lib-rats/lib_rats.cmake)
 endif ()
 
+if (WAMR_BUILD_WASM_CACHE EQUAL 1)
+    include (${WAMR_ROOT_DIR}/build-scripts/involve_boringssl.cmake)
+endif ()
+
 ####################### Common sources #######################
 if (NOT MSVC)
     set (CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} -std=gnu99 -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections \
diff --git a/core/iwasm/common/wasm_c_api.c b/core/iwasm/common/wasm_c_api.c
index 619e0229..ae4ceaf9 100644
--- a/core/iwasm/common/wasm_c_api.c
+++ b/core/iwasm/common/wasm_c_api.c
@@ -2183,7 +2183,7 @@ wasm_module_new(wasm_store_t *store, const wasm_byte_vec_t *binary)
 
 #if WASM_ENABLE_WASM_CACHE != 0
     /* if cached */
-    SHA256((void *)binary->data, binary->num_elems, binary_hash);
+    SHA256((void *)binary->data, binary->num_elems, (uint8_t *)binary_hash);
     module_ex = try_reuse_loaded_module(store, binary_hash);
     if (module_ex)
         return module_ext_to_module(module_ex);
diff --git a/samples/wasm-c-api/CMakeLists.txt b/samples/wasm-c-api/CMakeLists.txt
index 02b97d4c..87687405 100644
--- a/samples/wasm-c-api/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/samples/wasm-c-api/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ endif()
 target_link_libraries (vmlib ${LLVM_AVAILABLE_LIBS} ${UV_A_LIBS} -lm -ldl -lpthread)
 
 if (WAMR_BUILD_WASM_CACHE EQUAL 1)
-  target_link_libraries(vmlib OpenSSL::SSL)
+  target_link_libraries(vmlib boringssl_crypto)
 endif ()
 ################################################
 
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ foreach(EX ${EXAMPLES})
   add_executable(${EX} ${SRC} ${UNCOMMON_SHARED_SOURCE} ${MM_UTIL})
   set_target_properties (${EX} PROPERTIES POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
   target_include_directories(${EX} PRIVATE ${UNCOMMON_SHARED_DIR})
-  target_link_libraries(${EX} vmlib -lpthread -lm)
+  target_link_libraries(${EX} vmlib)
   if (MSVC)
     target_compile_definitions(${EX} PRIVATE WASM_API_EXTERN=)
   endif()
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ if (CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
       add_custom_command(
         OUTPUT ${EX}_leak_check.report
         DEPENDS ${EX} ${EX}_WASM
-        COMMAND ${VALGRIND} --tool=memcheck --leak-check=summary  -- ./${EX} > ${EX}_leak_check.report 2>&1
+        COMMAND ${VALGRIND} --tool=memcheck --leak-check=full -- ./${EX} > ${EX}_leak_check.report 2>&1
         WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}
       )
       add_custom_target(${EX}_LEAK_TEST ALL
diff --git a/samples/wasm-c-api/src/clone.c b/samples/wasm-c-api/src/clone.c
index ce8ebd8b..da83b379 100644
--- a/samples/wasm-c-api/src/clone.c
+++ b/samples/wasm-c-api/src/clone.c
@@ -522,6 +522,7 @@ main()
     pthread_mutex_unlock(&ready_go_lock);
     pthread_cond_broadcast(&ready_go_cond);
 
+    sleep(3);
     for (size_t i = 0; i < sizeof(tids) / sizeof(tids[0]); i++) {
         if (tids[i] != 0)
             pthread_join(tids[i], NULL);