diff --git a/mail/ssmtp/ssmtp-link-libcrypto.patch b/mail/ssmtp/ssmtp-link-libcrypto.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b96c0b3f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mail/ssmtp/ssmtp-link-libcrypto.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+# --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-BEGIN ---
+# This copyright note is auto-generated by ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch.
+#
+# Filename: package/.../ssmtp/ssmtp-link-libcrypto.patch
+# Copyright (C) 2014 The OpenSDE Project
+#
+# More information can be found in the files COPYING and README.
+#
+# This patch file is dual-licensed. It is available under the license the
+# patched project is licensed under, as long as it is an OpenSource license
+# as defined at http://www.opensource.org/ (e.g. BSD, X11) or under the terms
+# of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
+# Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later
+# version.
+# --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-END ---
+
+Explicitely link against libcrypto
+
+When cross-compiling following error appears at linking time, which strangely
+doesn't when building "natively" within a chrooted environment.
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+/bin/ld: ssmtp.o: undefined reference to symbol 'X509_free'
+/bin/ld: note: 'X509_free' is defined in DSO /usr/lib/libcrypto.so.1.0.0 so try adding it to the linker command line
+/usr/lib/libcrypto.so.1.0.0: could not read symbols: Invalid operation
+collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+--- a/configure.in
++++ b/configure.in
+@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
+ [  --enable-ssl           support for secure connection to mail server])
+ if test x$enableval = xyes ; then
+ 	AC_DEFINE(HAVE_SSL)
+-	LIBS="$LIBS -lssl"
++	LIBS="$LIBS -lcrypto -lssl"
+ fi
+ enableval=""
+ 
+--- a/configure
++++ b/configure
+@@ -1562,7 +1562,7 @@
+ #define HAVE_SSL 1
+ EOF
+ 
+-	LIBS="$LIBS -lssl"
++	LIBS="$LIBS -lcrypto -lssl"
+ fi
+ enableval=""
+