diff --git a/john.changes b/john.changes
index 05d570c..cab9c8c 100644
--- a/john.changes
+++ b/john.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Mar 27 11:10:16 UTC 2018 - dimstar@opensuse.org
+
+- Build against openSSL 1.0 until upstream catches up
+  (boo#1078844).
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sat May 27 15:44:54 UTC 2017 - bwiedemann@suse.com
 
diff --git a/john.spec b/john.spec
index 9f1998d..dfc3980 100644
--- a/john.spec
+++ b/john.spec
@@ -36,7 +36,8 @@ Patch0:         john-1.7.9-powerpc_BE_need_rhash_u32_swap_copy.patch
 Patch1:         ppc64le.patch
 # PATCH-FIX-UPSTREAM https://github.com/magnumripper/JohnTheRipper/pull/2560
 Patch2:         reproducible.patch
-BuildRequires:  openssl-devel
+BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(openssl)
+BuildConflicts: pkgconfig(openssl) >= 1.1
 %if 0%{?suse_version} == 1110 
 BuildRequires:  xz
 %endif