diff --git a/games/moonlight-qt/Makefile b/games/moonlight-qt/Makefile
index 3bc21934a1c1..92090eef0dd5 100644
--- a/games/moonlight-qt/Makefile
+++ b/games/moonlight-qt/Makefile
@@ -1,45 +1,59 @@
 PORTNAME=	moonlight
 DISTVERSION=	5.0.0
 CATEGORIES=	games
 MASTER_SITES=	https://github.com/moonlight-stream/moonlight-qt/releases/download/v${DISTVERSION}/
 PKGNAMESUFFIX=	-qt
 DISTNAME=	MoonlightSrc-${DISTVERSIONFULL}
 
 MAINTAINER=	lisp_25689@163.com
 COMMENT=	Gamestream client
 WWW=		https://github.com/moonlight-stream/moonlight-qt
 
 LICENSE=	GPLv3+
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libavcodec.so:multimedia/ffmpeg \
 		libopus.so:audio/opus \
 		libva.so:multimedia/libva \
 		libdrm.so:graphics/libdrm \
 		libvdpau.so:multimedia/libvdpau \
 		libwayland-client.so:graphics/wayland
 
 USES=		desktop-file-utils gl localbase:ldflags pkgconfig \
 		qmake:outsource qt:5 sdl ssl xorg
 USE_QT=		core declarative gui network quickcontrols2 svg widgets buildtools:build
 USE_GL=		egl
 USE_SDL=	sdl2 ttf2
 USE_XORG=	x11
 
 NO_WRKSUBDIR=	yes
 
 PLIST_FILES=	bin/moonlight-qt \
 		share/applications/com.moonlight_stream.Moonlight.desktop \
 		share/metainfo/com.moonlight_stream.Moonlight.appdata.xml \
 		share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/moonlight.svg \
 
+.include <bsd.port.pre.mk>
+
+# fix ssl dependency lack on 12.x releases
+.if ${OPSYS} == FreeBSD && ${OSVERSION} < 1300000
+LDFLAGS+=	-L${LOCALBASE}/lib -L${OPENSSLLIB} -lssl -lcrypto
+.endif
+
 post-patch:
-	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -e 's@^    TARGET = moonlight.*@    TARGET = ${PORTNAME}${PKGNAMESUFFIX}@' \
-		${WRKSRC}/app/app.pro
 	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -e 's@Exec=moonlight.*@Exec=${PORTNAME}${PKGNAMESUFFIX}@' \
 		${WRKSRC}/app/deploy/linux/com.moonlight_stream.Moonlight.desktop
+	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -e 's@^    TARGET = moonlight.*@    TARGET = ${PORTNAME}${PKGNAMESUFFIX}@' \
+		${WRKSRC}/app/app.pro
+
+.if ${OPSYS} == FreeBSD && ${OSVERSION} < 1300000
+	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -e 's@openssl @@' \
+		${WRKSRC}/app/app.pro
+	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -e '/openssl/ d' \
+		${WRKSRC}/moonlight-common-c/moonlight-common-c.pro
+.endif
 
 post-install:
 	${STRIP_CMD} ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/bin/${PORTNAME}${PKGNAMESUFFIX}
 
-.include <bsd.port.mk>
+.include <bsd.port.post.mk>