diff --git a/databases/libmemcached/Makefile b/databases/libmemcached/Makefile
index e044f28499fd..71f031d3014f 100644
--- a/databases/libmemcached/Makefile
+++ b/databases/libmemcached/Makefile
@@ -1,47 +1,55 @@
 PORTNAME=	libmemcached
 PORTVERSION=	1.1.4
+PORTREVISION=	1
 CATEGORIES=	databases
 
 MAINTAINER=	sunpoet@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	C/C++ client library and tools for the memcached server
 WWW=		https://awesomized.github.io/libmemcached/ \
 		https://github.com/awesomized/libmemcached
 
 LICENSE=	BSD3CLAUSE
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libevent.so:devel/libevent
 TEST_DEPENDS=	memcached:databases/memcached \
 		onetbb>=0:devel/onetbb
 
 USES=		bison compiler:c++11-lang pathfix pkgconfig ssl
 
 CMAKE_OFF=	BUILD_DOCSONLY BUILD_DOCS_MANGZ BUILD_DOCS_HTML BUILD_TESTING ENABLE_DTRACE
 CMAKE_ON=	BUILD_SHARED_LIBS ENABLE_MEMASLAP ENABLE_OPENSSL_CRYPTO
 CMAKE_TESTING_ON=	BUILD_TESTING
 USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
 
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	awesomized
 
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=	DOCS MANPAGES SASL
 OPTIONS_GROUP=	HASH
 OPTIONS_GROUP_HASH=	FNV64 HSIEH MURMUR
 OPTIONS_DEFAULT=FNV64 HSIEH MURMUR SASL
 OPTIONS_SUB=	yes
 FNV64_DESC=	Enable fnv64 hashing
 HSIEH_DESC=	Enable hsieh hashing
 MEMASLAP_DESC=	Load generation and benchmark tool
 MURMUR_DESC=	Enable murmur hashing
 
 FNV64_CMAKE_BOOL=	ENABLE_HASH_FNV64
 HSIEH_CMAKE_BOOL=	ENABLE_HASH_HSIEH
 MANPAGES_BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}sphinx>=0,1:textproc/py-sphinx@${PY_FLAVOR}
 MANPAGES_CMAKE_BOOL=	BUILD_DOCS BUILD_DOCS_MAN
 MANPAGES_USES=		cmake:noninja,testing python:env
 MANPAGES_USES_OFF=	cmake:testing
 MURMUR_CMAKE_BOOL=	ENABLE_HASH_MURMUR
 SASL_CMAKE_BOOL=	ENABLE_SASL
 SASL_LIB_DEPENDS=	libsasl2.so:security/cyrus-sasl2
 
-.include <bsd.port.mk>
+.include <bsd.port.pre.mk>
+
+# Skip libcrypto.pc while using OpenSSL from base system on older FreeBSD versions which does not skip this file
+.if ${SSL_DEFAULT} == base && !exists(/usr/libdata/pkgconfig/libcrypto.pc)
+EXTRA_PATCHES+=	${PATCHDIR}/extra-patch-openssl
+.endif
+
+.include <bsd.port.post.mk>
diff --git a/databases/libmemcached/files/extra-patch-openssl b/databases/libmemcached/files/extra-patch-openssl
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..bf65fa7f4ece
--- /dev/null
+++ b/databases/libmemcached/files/extra-patch-openssl
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- src/libhashkit/CMakeLists.txt.orig	2023-03-06 08:47:30 UTC
++++ src/libhashkit/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ if(ENABLE_OPENSSL_CRYPTO)
+                 if(OPENSSL_CRYPTO_LIBRARY)
+                         target_compile_definitions(libhashkit PRIVATE HAVE_OPENSSL_CRYPTO)
+                         target_link_libraries(libhashkit PUBLIC OpenSSL::Crypto)
+-                        pkgconfig_export(REQUIRES_PRIVATE libcrypto)
++                        pkgconfig_export(REQUIRES_PRIVATE "")
+                 else()
+                         message(WARNING "Could not find OpenSSL::Crypto")
+                 endif()