diff --git a/collects/openssl/libcrypto.rkt b/collects/openssl/libcrypto.rkt
index 438abe8eca..32e09b72ef 100644
--- a/collects/openssl/libcrypto.rkt
+++ b/collects/openssl/libcrypto.rkt
@@ -19,4 +19,9 @@
   (with-handlers ([exn:fail? (lambda (x)
                                (set! libcrypto-load-fail-reason (exn-message x))
                                #f)])
-    (ffi-lib libcrypto-so '("" "1.0.0" "1.0" "0.9.8b" "0.9.8" "0.9.7"))))
+    (ffi-lib libcrypto-so '("" "1.0.0" "1.0" "0.9.8b" "0.9.8" "0.9.7")
+             ;; On OpenBSD, libssl is linked in a way that requires libcrypto 
+             ;; to be opened as global:
+             #:global? (member (path->bytes (system-library-subpath #f))
+                               '(#"i386-openbsd"
+                                 #"x86_64-openbsd")))))