Index: Mk/Scripts/qa.sh
===================================================================
--- Mk/Scripts/qa.sh
+++ Mk/Scripts/qa.sh
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@
 
 baselibs() {
 	local rc
+	local found
 	[ "${PKGBASE}" = "pkg" -o "${PKGBASE}" = "pkg-devel" ] && return
 	while read f; do
 		case ${f} in
@@ -107,12 +108,20 @@
 			err "Bad linking on ${f##* } please add USES=libedit"
 			rc=1
 			;;
+		*NEEDED*\[libcrypto.so.*]|*NEEDED*\[libssl.so.*])
+			found=1
+			;;
 		esac
 	done <<-EOF
 	$(find ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/bin ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/sbin \
 		${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/lib ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/libexec \
 		-type f -exec readelf -d {} + 2>/dev/null)
 	EOF
+	if [ -z "${USESOPENSSL}" -a -n "${found}" ]; then
+		warn "you need USES=openssl"
+	elif [ -n "${USESOPENSSL}" -a -z "${found}" ]; then
+		warn "you may not need USES=openssl"
+	fi
 	return ${rc}
 }
 
Index: Mk/bsd.port.mk
===================================================================
--- Mk/bsd.port.mk
+++ Mk/bsd.port.mk
@@ -1531,6 +1531,9 @@
 				"STRIP=${STRIP}" \
 				TMPPLIST=${TMPPLIST} \
 				PKGBASE=${PKGBASE}
+.if defined(USE_OPENSSL) || !empty(USES:Mopenssl)
+QA_ENV+=		USESOPENSSL=yes
+.endif
 .if !empty(USES:Mdesktop-file-utils)
 QA_ENV+=		USESDESKTOPFILEUTILS=yes
 .endif