diff --git a/dev-db/sqlcipher/files/sqlcipher-3.4.2-libressl-2.8.patch b/dev-db/sqlcipher/files/sqlcipher-3.4.2-libressl-2.8.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..da4c55eddfa02
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-db/sqlcipher/files/sqlcipher-3.4.2-libressl-2.8.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- a/src/crypto_openssl.c	2017-12-21 14:31:28.000000000 -0500
++++ b/src/crypto_openssl.c	2019-02-22 12:33:54.110516410 -0500
+@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
+ static unsigned int openssl_init_count = 0;
+ static sqlite3_mutex* openssl_rand_mutex = NULL;
+ 
+-#if OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER < 0x10100000L || defined(LIBRESSL_VERSION_NUMBER)
++#if OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER < 0x10100000L || LIBRESSL_VERSION_NUMBER < 0x2080000L
+ static HMAC_CTX *HMAC_CTX_new(void)
+ {
+   HMAC_CTX *ctx = OPENSSL_malloc(sizeof(*ctx));
diff --git a/dev-db/sqlcipher/sqlcipher-3.4.2.ebuild b/dev-db/sqlcipher/sqlcipher-3.4.2.ebuild
index fd967068f3ca2..e660467e442a4 100644
--- a/dev-db/sqlcipher/sqlcipher-3.4.2.ebuild
+++ b/dev-db/sqlcipher/sqlcipher-3.4.2.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2018 Gentoo Foundation
+# Copyright 1999-2019 Gentoo Foundation
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=6
@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@ REQUIRED_USE="
 DOCS=( README.md )
 
 src_prepare() {
+	# bug #678502
+	eapply "${FILESDIR}/${P}-libressl-2.8.patch"
+
 	append-cflags -DSQLITE_HAS_CODEC
 	eapply_user
 	eautoreconf