diff --git a/eclass/ssl-cert.eclass b/eclass/ssl-cert.eclass
index 33bee2f..5f5b2c2 100644
--- a/eclass/ssl-cert.eclass
+++ b/eclass/ssl-cert.eclass
@@ -24,10 +24,10 @@
 : ${SSL_CERT_USE:=ssl}
 
 if [[ "${SSL_CERT_MANDATORY}" == "0" ]]; then
-	DEPEND="${SSL_CERT_USE}? ( dev-libs/openssl )"
+	DEPEND="${SSL_CERT_USE}? ( || ( dev-libs/openssl dev-libs/libressl ) )"
 	IUSE="${SSL_CERT_USE}"
 else
-	DEPEND="dev-libs/openssl"
+	DEPEND="|| ( dev-libs/openssl dev-libs/libressl )"
 fi
 
 # @FUNCTION: gen_cnf