diff --git a/lang/erlang/Makefile b/lang/erlang/Makefile
index b3fddac..db7044c 100644
--- a/lang/erlang/Makefile
+++ b/lang/erlang/Makefile
@@ -40,7 +40,8 @@ PLIST_SUB=    ERLANG_LIB=${ERLANG_LIB}
 
 MAKE_JOBS_UNSAFE=yes
 
-OPTIONS_DEFINE=        DIRTY DOCS DTRACE GS HIPE JAVA KQUEUE NATIVE ODBC OPENSSL SCTP SMP THREADS WX
+OPTIONS_DEFINE=        DIRTY DOCS DTRACE GS HIPE JAVA KQUEUE NATIVE ODBC OPENSSL \
+               STATICSSL SCTP SMP THREADS WX
 
 DIRTY_DESC=    Enable Dirty schedulers (experimental)
 DTRACE_DESC=   Enable DTrace support
@@ -51,6 +52,9 @@ NATIVE_DESC=  Enable native libraries
 SCTP_DESC=     Enable SCTP support
 SMP_DESC=      Enable SMP support
 WX_DESC=       Enable WX application
+STATICSSL_DESC= Link OpenSSL statically to the crypto driver
+
+STATICSSL_IMPLIES= OPENSSL
 
 NATIVE_IMPLIES=        HIPE
 
@@ -105,8 +109,14 @@ CONFIGURE_ARGS+=--without-dynamic-trace
 .endif
 
 .if ${PORT_OPTIONS:MOPENSSL}
+. if ${PORT_OPTIONS:MSTATICSSL}
+BUILD_DEPENDS+=                ${NONEXISTENT}:security/libressl:stage
+CONFIGURE_ARGS+=--with-ssl=${WRKDIR}/libressl
+CONFIGURE_ARGS+=--disable-dynamic-ssl-lib
+. else
 USES+=         ssl
 CONFIGURE_ARGS+=--with-ssl=${OPENSSLBASE}
+. endif
 .else
 CONFIGURE_ARGS+=--without-ssl
 .endif
@@ -216,6 +226,11 @@ pre-configure:
 .if ! ${PORT_OPTIONS:MWX}
        echo "disabled by port options" > ${WRKSRC}/lib/wx/SKIP
 .endif
+.if ${PORT_OPTIONS:MSTATICSSL}
+       @cd `${MAKE} -V STAGEDIR -C ${PORTSDIR}/security/libressl`${PREFIX} \
+           && ${FIND} -E . ! -name *.so\* | ${CPIO} -dump ${WRKDIR}/libressl >/dev/null 2>&1
+.endif
+
 
 post-configure:
 .if ${PORT_OPTIONS:MODBC}
@@ -287,7 +302,9 @@ post-install:
 .include <bsd.port.pre.mk>
 
 .if ${PORT_OPTIONS:MOPENSSL} && ${SSL_DEFAULT:Mopenssl-devel}
+. if ! ${PORT_OPTIONS:MSTATICSSL}
 BROKEN=                Does not build with openssl-devel
+. endif
 .endif
 
 .include <bsd.port.post.mk>