diff --git a/crypto/openssl/BSDmakefile b/crypto/openssl/BSDmakefile
--- a/crypto/openssl/BSDmakefile
+++ b/crypto/openssl/BSDmakefile
@@ -23,8 +23,11 @@
 .PHONY: configure patch all
 .ORDER: configure patch all
 
+LOCALBASE=	/usr/local
+SETENV=		env -i PATH=${LOCALBASE}/bin:/bin:/usr/bin
+
 configure:
-	@cd ${.CURDIR} && \
+	@cd ${.CURDIR} && ${SETENV} \
 	    ${PERL} ./Configure \
 	    disable-aria \
 	    disable-egd \
@@ -38,33 +41,44 @@
 	    enable-sctp \
 	    --openssldir=etc \
 	    --prefix=/usr
-	@cd ${.CURDIR} && gmake configdata.pm
-	@cd ${LCRYPTO_SRC} && ${PERL} \
+	@echo "Building configdata.pm for later use."
+	@cd ${.CURDIR} && \
+	    ${SETENV} gmake -j ${.MAKE.JOBS} configdata.pm
+
+	@echo "Populating Makefile.version with release information"
+	@cd ${LCRYPTO_SRC} && ${SETENV} ${PERL} \
 	    ${LCRYPTO_SRC}/freebsd/dump_version_from_configdata.pl > \
 	    ${SRCTOP}/secure/lib/libcrypto/Makefile.version
 
 all: patch
-	# Passing `-j ${.MAKE.JOBS}` doesn't work here for some reason.
-	@cd ${.CURDIR} && gmake build_all_generated
+	@echo "==> Building generated files (headers, manpages, etc)"
+	@cd ${.CURDIR} && \
+	    ${SETENV} gmake -j ${.MAKE.JOBS} build_all_generated
 
-	# Clean the pkgconfig files:
-	# 1. Fix --prefix (not sure why configure --prefix isn't honored properly).
+	# 1. Fix --prefix.
+	#    a. Not sure why --prefix isn't honored properly, even though it's
+	#       passed to Configure; the files might be getting rebuilt
+	#       post-Configure, somehow.
 	# 2. Remove duplicate path in CFLAGS.
 	# 3. Remove duplicate path in includedir(s).
+	@echo "==> Fixing pkgconfig files"
 	@find . -name \*.pc -print -exec sed -i '' -E \
 	    -e 's,^prefix=.+,prefix=/usr,' \
 	    -e 's,[[:space:]]+(\-I)?\$\{prefix\}/\./include[[:space:]]*,,g' \
 	    {} +
 
+	@echo "==> Cleaning / rebuilding ASM"
 	@cd ${SRCTOP}/secure/lib/libcrypto && \
-	    ${MAKE} cleanasm && \
-	    ${MAKE} buildasm
+	    ${SETENV} ${MAKE} cleanasm && \
+	    ${SETENV} ${MAKE} buildasm
 
+	@echo "==> Syncing manpages (section 1)"
 	@rsync -a --delete \
 	    --exclude 'Makefile*' --exclude '*.1' \
 	    ${LCRYPTO_DOC}/man/ \
 	    ${SRCTOP}/secure/lib/libcrypto/man
 
+	@echo "==> Syncing manpages (sections {3,5,7})"
 	@rsync -a --delete \
 	    --exclude 'Makefile*' --exclude '*.[357]' \
 	    ${LCRYPTO_DOC}/man/man1/ \
@@ -75,8 +89,8 @@
 # depending on the host architecture.
 patch: configure
 	# Spam arch-specific overrides to config files.
-
-	@cd ${.CURDIR} && gmake ${BN_CONF_H} && \
+	@echo "==> Patching headers"
+	@cd ${.CURDIR} && ${SETENV} gmake ${BN_CONF_H} && \
 	${MV} ${BN_CONF_H} ${BN_CONF_H_ORIG} && \
 	${CAT} ${BN_CONF_H}.orig \
 	    ${LCRYPTO_SRC}/freebsd/${BN_CONF_H} >> \
@@ -92,7 +106,8 @@
 clean: .PHONY
 	@cd ${.CURDIR} && rm -f ${BN_CONF_H_ORIG} ${CONFIGURATION_H_ORIG}
 
-	@cd ${SRCTOP}/secure/lib/libcrypto && ${MAKE} cleanasm
+	@cd ${SRCTOP}/secure/lib/libcrypto && \
+	    ${SETENV} ${MAKE} cleanasm
 
 	-@cd ${.CURDIR} && gmake ${.TARGET}