diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/sslsplit/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/sslsplit/default.nix
index c3a343d7fa1e..6712d44569c4 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/sslsplit/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/sslsplit/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, openssl, libevent, libpcap, libnet, zlib }:
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, fetchpatch, openssl, libevent, libpcap, libnet, zlib }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "sslsplit";
@@ -11,6 +11,14 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "1p43z9ln5rbc76v0j1k3r4nhvfw71hq8jzsallb54z9hvwfvqp3l";
   };
 
+  patches = [
+    (fetchpatch {
+      name = "fix-openssl-3-build.patch";
+      url = "https://github.com/droe/sslsplit/commit/e17de8454a65d2b9ba432856971405dfcf1e7522.patch";
+      hash = "sha256-sEwP7f2PSqXdMqLub9zrfQgH8I4oe9klVPzNpJjrPJ8=";
+    })
+  ];
+
   buildInputs = [ openssl libevent libpcap libnet zlib ];
 
   makeFlags = [
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 1ef2134802d8..b4e5b5b91761 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -12269,9 +12269,7 @@ with pkgs;
 
   ssldump = callPackage ../tools/networking/ssldump { };
 
-  sslsplit = callPackage ../tools/networking/sslsplit {
-    openssl = openssl_1_1;
-  };
+  sslsplit = callPackage ../tools/networking/sslsplit { };
 
   sstp = callPackage ../tools/networking/sstp {};