diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index a23e2f7f9f3..cff6ceab96f 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -5142,7 +5142,12 @@ in
       pam = if stdenv.isLinux then pam else null;
     };
 
-  openssh_hpn = pkgs.appendToName "with-hpn" (openssh.override { hpnSupport = true; });
+  openssh_hpn = pkgs.appendToName "with-hpn" (openssh.override {
+    hpnSupport = true;
+    # the hpn patchset does not yet support openssl>1.0.2
+    # https://github.com/rapier1/openssh-portable/issues/14
+    openssl = openssl_1_0_2;
+  });
 
   openssh_gssapi = pkgs.appendToName "with-gssapi" (openssh.override {
     withGssapiPatches = true;