diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libmsn/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libmsn/default.nix
index 77f8b572778..3d7f20291b9 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libmsn/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libmsn/default.nix
@@ -6,5 +6,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     url = "mirror://sourceforge/libmsn/${name}.tar.bz2";
     sha256 = "0p3c3gidnq4ai697dgg930hm7aap4176sbq7w7nn0mxg4rg5gwfx";
   };
+  patches = [ ./libmsn-4.1-openssl-1.patch ];
+  patchFlags = "-p0";
   buildInputs = [ cmake openssl ];
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libmsn/libmsn-4.1-openssl-1.patch b/pkgs/development/libraries/libmsn/libmsn-4.1-openssl-1.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..cdaecf7dc54
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libmsn/libmsn-4.1-openssl-1.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+http://bugs.gentoo.org/328031
+
+--- msntest/msntest.cpp
++++ msntest/msntest.cpp
+@@ -259,7 +259,11 @@
+                     if(mySocketsSsl[i].isSSL && !mySocketsSsl[i].isConnected)
+                     {
+                         BIO *bio_socket_new;
+-                        SSL_METHOD *meth=NULL;
++                        #if OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER >= 0x10000000L
++                        const SSL_METHOD *meth=NULL;
++                        #else
++                        SSL_METHOD *meth=NULL;
++                        #endif
+                         meth=SSLv23_client_method();
+                         SSLeay_add_ssl_algorithms();
+                         mySocketsSsl[i].ctx = SSL_CTX_new(meth);