--- /usr/portage/net-libs/nodejs/nodejs-8.11.1.ebuild	2018-08-07 12:39:29.000000000 +0200
+++ /usr/local/portage/net-libs/nodejs/nodejs-8.11.1.ebuild	2018-08-18 20:40:46.942902793 +0200
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 LICENSE="Apache-1.1 Apache-2.0 BSD BSD-2 MIT"
 SLOT="0"
 KEYWORDS="amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~ppc ~ppc64 ~x86 ~amd64-linux ~x64-macos"
-IUSE="cpu_flags_x86_sse2 debug doc icu inspector +npm +snapshot +ssl systemtap test"
+IUSE="cpu_flags_x86_sse2 debug doc icu inspector +npm +snapshot +ssl libressl systemtap test"
 REQUIRED_USE="
 	${PYTHON_REQUIRED_USE}
 	inspector? ( icu ssl )
@@ -29,7 +29,9 @@
 	>=net-libs/nghttp2-1.25.0
 	sys-libs/zlib
 	icu? ( >=dev-libs/icu-60.1:= )
-	ssl? ( >=dev-libs/openssl-1.0.2n:0=[-bindist] )
+	ssl? (
+		!libressl? ( >=dev-libs/openssl-1.0.2n:0=[-bindist] )
+		)
 "
 DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
 	${PYTHON_DEPS}
@@ -99,7 +101,7 @@
 	use inspector || myconf+=( --without-inspector )
 	use npm || myconf+=( --without-npm )
 	use snapshot && myconf+=( --with-snapshot )
-	use ssl && myconf+=( --shared-openssl ) || myconf+=( --without-ssl )
+	use ssl && ( use libressl || myconf+=( --shared-openssl )) || myconf+=( --without-ssl )
 
 	local myarch=""
 	case ${ABI} in