diff --git a/common/shlibs b/common/shlibs
index 3d3913b314d..e57dc1682fa 100644
--- a/common/shlibs
+++ b/common/shlibs
@@ -1345,7 +1345,7 @@ libre2.so.7 re2-2020.06.01_1
 libminizip.so.1 minizip-1.2.7_1
 libsrtp2.so.1 libsrtp-2.1.0_1
 libjsoncpp.so.24 jsoncpp-1.9.4_1
-libesmtp.so.6 libesmtp-1.0.6_4
+libesmtp.so.6 libesmtp-1.0.6_21
 libcaca.so.0 libcaca-0.99.beta18_3
 libcaca++.so.0 libcaca-0.99.beta18_3
 libunwind.so.8 libunwind-1.1_1
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libesmtp/patches/openssl.patch b/srcpkgs/libesmtp/patches/openssl.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9244e390059
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/libesmtp/patches/openssl.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+--- configure	2021-02-13 22:19:40.127583919 +0100
++++ -	2021-02-13 22:25:30.535900276 +0100
+@@ -11896,9 +11896,9 @@
+ 
+ fi
+ if test x$with_openssl != xno ; then
+-	{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for SSL_library_init in -lssl" >&5
+-$as_echo_n "checking for SSL_library_init in -lssl... " >&6; }
+-if test "${ac_cv_lib_ssl_SSL_library_init+set}" = set; then :
++	{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for SSL_new in -lssl" >&5
++$as_echo_n "checking for SSL_new in -lssl... " >&6; }
++if test "${ac_cv_lib_ssl_SSL_new+set}" = set; then :
+   $as_echo_n "(cached) " >&6
+ else
+   ac_check_lib_save_LIBS=$LIBS
+@@ -11913,27 +11913,27 @@
+ #ifdef __cplusplus
+ extern "C"
+ #endif
+-char SSL_library_init ();
++char SSL_new ();
+ int
+ main ()
+ {
+-return SSL_library_init ();
++return SSL_new ();
+   ;
+   return 0;
+ }
+ _ACEOF
+ if ac_fn_c_try_link "$LINENO"; then :
+-  ac_cv_lib_ssl_SSL_library_init=yes
++  ac_cv_lib_ssl_SSL_new=yes
+ else
+-  ac_cv_lib_ssl_SSL_library_init=no
++  ac_cv_lib_ssl_SSL_new=no
+ fi
+ rm -f core conftest.err conftest.$ac_objext \
+     conftest$ac_exeext conftest.$ac_ext
+ LIBS=$ac_check_lib_save_LIBS
+ fi
+-{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $ac_cv_lib_ssl_SSL_library_init" >&5
+-$as_echo "$ac_cv_lib_ssl_SSL_library_init" >&6; }
+-if test "x$ac_cv_lib_ssl_SSL_library_init" = x""yes; then :
++{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $ac_cv_lib_ssl_SSL_new" >&5
++$as_echo "$ac_cv_lib_ssl_SSL_new" >&6; }
++if test "x$ac_cv_lib_ssl_SSL_new" = x""yes; then :
+ 
+ 				with_openssl=yes
+ 				LIBS="-lssl -lcrypto $LIBS"
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libesmtp/template b/srcpkgs/libesmtp/template
index 765a9baef4e..6b9d05b03b2 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libesmtp/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libesmtp/template
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 # Template file for 'libesmtp'
 pkgname=libesmtp
 version=1.0.6
-revision=20
+revision=21
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--disable-static --with-openssl"
-makedepends="libressl-devel"
+makedepends="openssl-devel"
 short_desc="Manage submission of emails using SMTP protocol"
 maintainer="Orphaned <orphan@voidlinux.org>"
 license="LGPL-2.1-or-later"