diff --git a/packages/addons/addon-depends/ffmpegx/package.mk b/packages/addons/addon-depends/ffmpegx/package.mk
index 3bebe1bfcb..4b52070fc2 100644
--- a/packages/addons/addon-depends/ffmpegx/package.mk
+++ b/packages/addons/addon-depends/ffmpegx/package.mk
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ PKG_SHA256="06b10a183ce5371f915c6bb15b7b1fffbe046e8275099c96affc29e17645d909"
 PKG_LICENSE="LGPLv2.1+"
 PKG_SITE="https://ffmpeg.org"
 PKG_URL="https://ffmpeg.org/releases/ffmpeg-${PKG_VERSION}.tar.xz"
-PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain aom bzip2 gnutls lame libvorbis opus x264 zlib"
+PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain aom bzip2 openssl lame libvorbis opus x264 zlib"
 PKG_LONGDESC="FFmpegx is an complete FFmpeg build to support encoding and decoding."
 PKG_BUILD_FLAGS="-gold -sysroot"
 
@@ -123,6 +123,7 @@ configure_target() {
     \
     `#Licensing options` \
     --enable-gpl \
+    --enable-version3 \
     \
     `#Documentation options` \
     --disable-doc \
@@ -160,8 +161,8 @@ configure_target() {
     --extra-ldflags="${LDFLAGS}" \
     --extra-libs="${PKG_FFMPEG_LIBS}" \
     --enable-pic \
-    --enable-gnutls \
-    --disable-openssl \
+    --disable-gnutls \
+    --enable-openssl \
     \
     `#Advanced options` \
     --disable-hardcoded-tables \
diff --git a/packages/addons/addon-depends/ffmpegx/patches/ffmpeg-openssl3.patch b/packages/addons/addon-depends/ffmpegx/patches/ffmpeg-openssl3.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..59e78ab369
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/addons/addon-depends/ffmpegx/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
+