--- a/net-misc/socat/socat-1.7.3.1.ebuild	2016-03-07 09:06:56.000000000 +0100
+++ a/net-misc/socat/socat-1.7.3.1.ebuild	2016-06-06 19:08:26.000000000 +0200
@@ -14,10 +14,13 @@ 
 LICENSE="GPL-2"
 SLOT="0"
 KEYWORDS="alpha amd64 arm hppa ia64 ~mips ppc sparc x86 ~amd64-linux ~x86-linux ~ppc-macos ~x64-macos ~x86-macos"
-IUSE="ssl readline ipv6 tcpd"
+IUSE="libressl ssl readline ipv6 tcpd"
 
 DEPEND="
-	ssl? ( dev-libs/openssl:0= )
+	ssl? (
+		!libressl? ( dev-libs/openssl:0= )
+		libressl? ( dev-libs/libressl:= )
+	)
 	readline? ( sys-libs/readline:= )
 	tcpd? ( sys-apps/tcp-wrappers )
 "
@@ -32,6 +35,7 @@ 
 src_prepare() {
 	epatch "${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-1.7.3.0-filan-build.patch
 	epatch "${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-1.7.3.1-stddef_h.patch
+	epatch "${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-1.7.3.1-libressl.patch
 
 	eautoreconf
 }