diff --git a/recipes/cpr/all/conandata.yml b/recipes/cpr/all/conandata.yml
index 3e53a21b940bc..e5b6cd71993c0 100644
--- a/recipes/cpr/all/conandata.yml
+++ b/recipes/cpr/all/conandata.yml
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ sources:
   "1.5.0":
     sha256: "a1727794541bac6d1bb73c9c27ac3ef5b0d64edcc4f81dc8d79b3cf31b6144e9"
     url: https://github.com/whoshuu/cpr/archive/1.5.0.tar.gz
+  "1.5.2":
+    sha256: "6fc9102dd63b549912d7af1ec95ee41ece1a2fe27f759864306b07f6fcf24fe1"
+    url: https://github.com/whoshuu/cpr/archive/1.5.2.tar.gz
 patches:
   "1.3.0":
     - patch_file: "patches/001-fix-curl-define.patch"
@@ -30,3 +33,6 @@ patches:
       base_path: "source_subfolder"
     - patch_file: "patches/002-1.5.0-not_search_for_openssl.patch"
       base_path: "source_subfolder"
+  "1.5.2":
+    - patch_file: "patches/001-1.5.2-curl-global-scope.patch"
+      base_path: "source_subfolder"
diff --git a/recipes/cpr/all/conanfile.py b/recipes/cpr/all/conanfile.py
index 9ff4f711a6442..c56fb45d6c9ef 100644
--- a/recipes/cpr/all/conanfile.py
+++ b/recipes/cpr/all/conanfile.py
@@ -34,9 +34,6 @@ def config_options(self):
     def configure(self):
         if self.options.shared:
             del self.options.fPIC
-        if self.options.with_openssl:
-            # If using OpenSSL, we need it to be active in libcurl too
-            self.options["libcurl"].with_openssl = True
 
     def source(self):
         tools.get(**self.conan_data["sources"][self.version])
@@ -67,6 +64,8 @@ def _configure_cmake(self):
         return cmake
 
     def build(self):
+        if self.options.with_openssl and self.options["libcurl"].with_ssl != "openssl":
+            raise ConanInvalidConfiguration("cpr requires libcurl to be built with the option with_ssl=\"openssl\".")
         self._patch_sources()
         cmake = self._configure_cmake()
         cmake.build()
diff --git a/recipes/cpr/all/patches/001-1.5.2-curl-global-scope.patch b/recipes/cpr/all/patches/001-1.5.2-curl-global-scope.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..738341558c5e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes/cpr/all/patches/001-1.5.2-curl-global-scope.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
+index c065227..3ed93b8 100644
+--- a/CMakeLists.txt
++++ b/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ include(cmake/code_coverage.cmake)
+ 
+ # Curl configuration
+ if(USE_SYSTEM_CURL)
+-    find_package(CURL COMPONENTS PROTOCOLS HTTP HTTPS FEATURES SSL)
++    find_package(CURL)
+     if (CURL_FOUND)
+         set(SSL_ENABLED ON CACHE INTERNAL "" FORCE)
+     else()
+diff --git a/cpr/CMakeLists.txt b/cpr/CMakeLists.txt
+index 563b785..a7ccbdf 100644
+--- a/cpr/CMakeLists.txt
++++ b/cpr/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@ add_library(cpr
+ 
+ add_library(cpr::cpr ALIAS cpr)
+ 
+-target_link_libraries(cpr PUBLIC CURL::libcurl) # todo should be private, but first dependencys in ssl_options need to be removed
++target_link_libraries(cpr PUBLIC ${CURL_LIBRARIES}) # todo should be private, but first dependencys in ssl_options need to be removed
++target_include_directories(cpr PUBLIC ${CURL_INCLUDE_DIRS})
+ 
+ # Set version for shared libraries.
+ set_target_properties(cpr
diff --git a/recipes/cpr/config.yml b/recipes/cpr/config.yml
index 0a1709320dc79..d3f6d3a96208e 100644
--- a/recipes/cpr/config.yml
+++ b/recipes/cpr/config.yml
@@ -5,3 +5,5 @@ versions:
     folder: all
   "1.5.0":
     folder: all
+  "1.5.2":
+    folder: all