diff --git a/www/edbrowse/Makefile b/www/edbrowse/Makefile
index c8274684bdb0..c65a59d355f8 100644
--- a/www/edbrowse/Makefile
+++ b/www/edbrowse/Makefile
@@ -1,46 +1,53 @@
 PORTNAME=	edbrowse
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
 DISTVERSION=	3.8.7
 PORTREVISION=	1
 CATEGORIES=	www editors
 
 MAINTAINER=	alfix86@gmail.com
 COMMENT=	Line-oriented web browser and text editor
 WWW=		https://edbrowse.org/
 
 LICENSE=	GPLv2
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/COPYING
 
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libcurl.so:ftp/curl \
 		libquickjs.so:lang/quickjs \
 		libodbc.so:databases/unixODBC \
 		libpcre2-8.so:devel/pcre2
 
 USES=		compiler:c11 gmake perl5 pkgconfig readline ssl
 USE_PERL5=	build
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 
 MAKEFILE=	makefile
 
 GH_ACCOUNT=	CMB
 
 PLIST_FILES=	bin/${PORTNAME} \
 		man/man1/${PORTNAME}.1.gz
 
 PORTDOCS=	*
 
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=	DOCS
 
+.include <bsd.port.options.mk>
+
+# Skip openssl.pc while using OpenSSL from base system on older FreeBSD versions which does not skip this file
+.if ${SSL_DEFAULT} == base && !exists(/usr/libdata/pkgconfig/openssl.pc)
+EXTRA_PATCHES+=	${PATCHDIR}/extra-patch-openssl
+.endif
+
 do-install:
 	${INSTALL_MAN} ${WRKSRC}/doc/man-edbrowse-freebsd.1 ${STAGEDIR}${MAN1PREFIX}/man/man1/${PORTNAME}.1
 	${INSTALL_PROGRAM} ${WRKSRC}/src/edbrowse ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/bin
 
 post-install-DOCS-on:
 	@${MKDIR} ${STAGEDIR}${DOCSDIR}
 	${INSTALL_DATA} ${WRKSRC}/CHANGES ${STAGEDIR}${DOCSDIR}
 	${INSTALL_DATA} ${WRKSRC}/README ${STAGEDIR}${DOCSDIR}
 	cd ${WRKSRC}/doc && \
 		${FIND} . \( -name article.wikipedia -or -name "man-edbrowse*" \) -delete  && \
 		${COPYTREE_SHARE} . ${STAGEDIR}${DOCSDIR}
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/www/edbrowse/files/extra-patch-openssl b/www/edbrowse/files/extra-patch-openssl
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..97786da57ebf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/www/edbrowse/files/extra-patch-openssl
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- src/makefile.orig	2023-11-17 18:00:41.589174000 +0100
++++ src/makefile	2023-11-17 18:01:13.273125000 +0100
+@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
+ CFLAGS += $(PLATFORM_CFLAGS)
+ 
+ # determine includes and linker flags
+-DEPENDENCIES = libcurl:curl odbc libpcre2-8:pcre2-8 readline openssl
++DEPENDENCIES = libcurl:curl odbc libpcre2-8:pcre2-8 readline
+ INCLUDES = $(shell ./make-helper.sh pkg-config-includes $(DEPENDENCIES))
+ LINKER_LIBS = $(shell ./make-helper.sh pkg-config-libs $(DEPENDENCIES))
+ CFLAGS += $(INCLUDES)