diff --git a/scripts/docker/centos/Dockerfile b/scripts/docker/centos/Dockerfile
index ae3e87d6a..6bba0fb81 100644
--- a/scripts/docker/centos/Dockerfile
+++ b/scripts/docker/centos/Dockerfile
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@
 # Dockerfile that creates a container suitable to build dotnet-cli
 FROM centos:7.1.1503
 
+# Swap the "fakesystemd" package with the real "systemd" package, because fakesystemd conflicts with openssl-devel.
+# The CentOS Docker image uses fakesystemd instead of systemd to reduce disk space.
+RUN yum -q -y swap -- remove fakesystemd -- install systemd systemd-libs
+
 RUN yum -q -y install deltarpm
 RUN yum -q -y install epel-release
 # RUN yum -y update