diff --git a/packages/multimedia/ffmpeg/package.mk b/packages/multimedia/ffmpeg/package.mk
index 8b1820f0e6..313efdc523 100644
--- a/packages/multimedia/ffmpeg/package.mk
+++ b/packages/multimedia/ffmpeg/package.mk
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 PKG_NAME="ffmpeg"
 PKG_LICENSE="LGPLv2.1+"
 PKG_SITE="https://ffmpeg.org"
-PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain zlib bzip2 gnutls speex"
+PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain zlib bzip2 openssl speex"
 PKG_LONGDESC="FFmpeg is a complete, cross-platform solution to record, convert and stream audio and video."
 PKG_BUILD_FLAGS="-gold"
 
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ configure_target() {
               --disable-static \
               --enable-shared \
               --enable-gpl \
-              --disable-version3 \
+              --enable-version3 \
               --enable-logging \
               --disable-doc \
               ${PKG_FFMPEG_DEBUG} \
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ configure_target() {
               --disable-devices \
               --enable-pthreads \
               --enable-network \
-              --enable-gnutls --disable-openssl \
+              --disable-gnutls --enable-openssl \
               --disable-gray \
               --enable-swscale-alpha \
               --disable-small \
diff --git a/packages/multimedia/ffmpeg/patches/ffmpeg-openssl3.patch b/packages/multimedia/ffmpeg/patches/ffmpeg-openssl3.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..59e78ab369
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/multimedia/ffmpeg/patches/ffmpeg-openssl3.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+From 1d23e125b6f76e74b754560c3b6931507cacddce Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Timo Rothenpieler <timo@rothenpieler.org>
+Date: Tue, 7 Sep 2021 19:35:31 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] configure: account for openssl3 license change
+
+---
+ configure | 7 +++++--
+ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/configure b/configure
+index c87a010387..ed7345b2c1 100755
+--- a/configure
++++ b/configure
+@@ -1765,7 +1765,6 @@ EXTERNAL_LIBRARY_GPL_LIST="
+ EXTERNAL_LIBRARY_NONFREE_LIST="
+     decklink
+     libfdk_aac
+-    openssl
+     libtls
+ "
+ 
+@@ -1857,6 +1856,7 @@ EXTERNAL_LIBRARY_LIST="
+     mediacodec
+     openal
+     opengl
++    openssl
+     pocketsphinx
+     vapoursynth
+ "
+@@ -6572,7 +6572,10 @@ enabled omx_rpi           && { test_code cc OMX_Core.h OMX_IndexConfigBrcmVideoR
+                                die "ERROR: OpenMAX IL headers from raspberrypi/firmware not found"; } &&
+                              enable omx
+ enabled omx               && require_headers OMX_Core.h
+-enabled openssl           && { check_pkg_config openssl openssl openssl/ssl.h OPENSSL_init_ssl ||
++enabled openssl           && { { check_pkg_config openssl "openssl >= 3.0.0" openssl/ssl.h OPENSSL_init_ssl &&
++                                 { enabled gplv3 || ! enabled gpl || enabled nonfree || die "ERROR: OpenSSL >=3.0.0 requires --enable-version3"; }; } ||
++                               { enabled gpl && ! enabled nonfree && die "ERROR: OpenSSL <3.0.0 is incompatible with the gpl"; } ||
++                               check_pkg_config openssl openssl openssl/ssl.h OPENSSL_init_ssl ||
+                                check_pkg_config openssl openssl openssl/ssl.h SSL_library_init ||
+                                check_lib openssl openssl/ssl.h OPENSSL_init_ssl -lssl -lcrypto ||
+                                check_lib openssl openssl/ssl.h SSL_library_init -lssl -lcrypto ||
+-- 
+2.34.1
+