diff --git a/dev-db/mongodb/files/mongodb-2.0-fix-scons-ssl.patch b/dev-db/mongodb/files/mongodb-2.0-fix-scons-ssl.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3d1f547
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-db/mongodb/files/mongodb-2.0-fix-scons-ssl.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+--- a/SConstruct     2012-06-15 19:11:21.467673722 +0200
++++ b/SConstruct  2012-06-15 19:11:32.547674031 +0200
+@@ -780,8 +780,7 @@
+ if has_option( "ssl" ):
+     env.Append( CPPDEFINES=["MONGO_SSL"] )
+     env.Append( LIBS=["ssl"] )
+-    if darwin:
+-        env.Append( LIBS=["crypto"] )
++    env.Append( LIBS=["crypto"] )
+
+ try:
+     umask = os.umask(022)
+
diff --git a/dev-db/mongodb/mongodb-2.0.6.ebuild b/dev-db/mongodb/mongodb-2.0.6.ebuild
index 0d2df6e..d521f29 100644
--- a/dev-db/mongodb/mongodb-2.0.6.ebuild
+++ b/dev-db/mongodb/mongodb-2.0.6.ebuild
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ SRC_URI="http://downloads.mongodb.org/src/${MY_P}.tar.gz
 LICENSE="AGPL-3 Apache-2.0"
 SLOT="0"
 KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~x86"
-IUSE="mms-agent static-libs v8"
+IUSE="mms-agent static-libs v8 ssl"
 
 PDEPEND="mms-agent? ( dev-python/pymongo )"
 RDEPEND="!v8? ( <dev-lang/spidermonkey-1.8[unicode] )
@@ -42,11 +42,15 @@ pkg_setup() {
 	else
 		scons_opts+=" --usesm"
 	fi
+
+	if use ssl; then
+		scons_opts+=" --ssl"
+	fi
 }
 
 src_prepare() {
 	epatch "${FILESDIR}/${PN}-2.0-fix-scons.patch"
-
+	epatch "${FILESDIR}/${PN}-2.0-fix-scons-ssl.patch"
 	# drop -Werror
 	sed -i -e '/Werror/d' SConstruct || die