--- configure.ac.orig	Sat Jul 30 10:54:42 2005
+++ configure.ac	Sat Jul 30 11:10:47 2005
@@ -303,7 +303,18 @@
 AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether to use OpenSSL])
 if test x"$ac_cv_enable_openssl" = xyes; then
 	AC_MSG_RESULT(yes)
-	PKG_CHECK_MODULES(OPENSSL, openssl >= 0.9.7, :, ac_cv_enable_openssl=no)
+	case $host_os in
+		*freebsd*)
+			if test $(openssl version | cut -d ' ' -f 2) \< 0.9.7 ; then
+				ac_cv_enable_openssl=no
+			else
+				OPENSSL_LIBS=${OPENSSL_LIBS-"-lcrypto -lssl"}
+			fi
+			;;
+		*)
+			PKG_CHECK_MODULES(OPENSSL, openssl >= 0.9.7, :, ac_cv_enable_openssl=no)
+			;;
+	esac
 	if test x$ac_cv_enable_openssl = xyes; then
 		AC_DEFINE(USE_OPENSSL, 1, Define if you want OpenSSL support)
 	else