diff --git a/net-libs/libwebsockets/libwebsockets-4.3.3.recipe b/net-libs/libwebsockets/libwebsockets-4.3.3.recipe
index 19bc6efc4..87b1e6862 100644
--- a/net-libs/libwebsockets/libwebsockets-4.3.3.recipe
+++ b/net-libs/libwebsockets/libwebsockets-4.3.3.recipe
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ BUILD_PREREQUIRES="
 	cmd:cmake
 	cmd:gcc$secondaryArchSuffix
 	cmd:make
-	cmd:openssl
+	cmd:openssl >= 3
 	"
 
 BUILD()