diff --git a/databases/tiledb/Makefile b/databases/tiledb/Makefile
index e2afe37ea635..3be5606a81d6 100644
--- a/databases/tiledb/Makefile
+++ b/databases/tiledb/Makefile
@@ -1,77 +1,78 @@
 PORTNAME=	tiledb
 PORTVERSION=	2.17.3
 CATEGORIES=	databases
 
 MAINTAINER=	sunpoet@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	TileDB array data management
 WWW=		https://www.tiledb.io/ \
 		https://github.com/TileDB-Inc/TileDB
 
 LICENSE=	MIT
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	${RUN_DEPENDS}
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libcapnp.so:devel/capnproto080 \
 		libcurl.so:ftp/curl \
 		libfmt.so:devel/libfmt \
 		liblz4.so:archivers/liblz4 \
 		libzstd.so:archivers/zstd
 RUN_DEPENDS=	capnproto080>=0.8.0:devel/capnproto080 \
 		catch2>=3.1:devel/catch2 \
 		clipp>=1.2.3_1:devel/clipp \
 		curl>=7.74.0:ftp/curl \
 		liblz4>=1.9.3,1:archivers/liblz4 \
 		spdlog>=1.11.0:devel/spdlog \
 		zstd>=1.4.8:archivers/zstd
 
 USES=		cmake compiler:c++17-lang localbase:ldflags pkgconfig ssl
 
 CFLAGS+=	-DSPDLOG_FMT_EXTERNAL=1
 CFLAGS_armv6+=	-Wno-c++11-narrowing
 CFLAGS_armv7+=	-Wno-c++11-narrowing
 CFLAGS_i386+=	-Wno-c++11-narrowing
 CMAKE_ARGS=	-DCATCH_INCLUDE_DIR=${LOCALBASE}/include/catch2 \
+		-DFREEBSD_OPENSSLBASE=${OPENSSLBASE} \
 		-Dlibmagic_DICTIONARY=/usr/share/misc/magic.mgc
 CMAKE_OFF=	TILEDB_ABSEIL \
 		TILEDB_ALLOW_REGEX_CHAR_PATH \
 		TILEDB_ARROW_TESTS \
 		TILEDB_ASSERTIONS \
 		TILEDB_AZURE \
 		TILEDB_CMAKE_IDE \
 		TILEDB_CRC32 \
 		TILEDB_EXPERIMENTAL_FEATURES \
 		TILEDB_FORCE_ALL_DEPS \
 		TILEDB_GCS \
 		TILEDB_HDFS \
 		TILEDB_INSTALL_STATIC_DEPS \
 		TILEDB_S3 \
 		TILEDB_SKIP_S3AWSSDK_DIR_LENGTH_CHECK \
 		TILEDB_SUPERBUILD \
 		TILEDB_TESTS \
 		TILEDB_VERBOSE \
 		TILEDB_WEBP \
 		TILEDB_WERROR
 CMAKE_ON=	CMAKE_EXPORT_COMPILE_COMMANDS \
 		TILEDB_CCACHE \
 		TILEDB_CPP_API \
 		TILEDB_LOG_OUTPUT_ON_FAILURE \
 		TILEDB_SERIALIZATION \
 		TILEDB_STATIC \
 		TILEDB_STATS \
 		TILEDB_TOOLS
 LDFLAGS+=	-lfmt
 
 GH_ACCOUNT=	TileDB-Inc
 GH_PROJECT=	TileDB
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=	AVX2
 OPTIONS_DEFAULT=AVX2
 AVX2_DESC=	AVX2 instructions support
 
 AVX2_CMAKE_BOOL=	COMPILER_SUPPORTS_AVX2
 
 post-install:
 	${RM} ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/lib/libbz2.so ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/lib/liblz4.so ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/lib/libzstd.so
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/databases/tiledb/files/patch-cmake_Modules_FindOpenSSL__EP.cmake b/databases/tiledb/files/patch-cmake_Modules_FindOpenSSL__EP.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..924f7a6ea2c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/databases/tiledb/files/patch-cmake_Modules_FindOpenSSL__EP.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+Fix search for OpenSSL with CMake >= 3.27. This port uses OPENSSL_PATHS to set
+OPENSSL_ROOT_DIR, so CMake tries to find OpenSSL in TILEDB_EP_INSTALL_PREFIX
+which is problably not where we want to look.
+
+--- cmake/Modules/FindOpenSSL_EP.cmake.orig    2023-10-25 06:36:39 UTC
++++ cmake/Modules/FindOpenSSL_EP.cmake
+@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ endif()
+ endif()
+ 
+ # Search the path set during the superbuild for the EP.
+-set(OPENSSL_PATHS ${TILEDB_EP_INSTALL_PREFIX})
++set(OPENSSL_PATHS ${FREEBSD_OPENSSLBASE})
+ 
+ # Add /usr/local/opt, as Homebrew sometimes installs it there.
+ set (HOMEBREW_BASE "/usr/local/opt/openssl")