diff --git a/srcpkgs/phantomjs/patches/SSLv3-optional.patch b/srcpkgs/phantomjs/patches/SSLv3-optional.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f062eed023d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/phantomjs/patches/SSLv3-optional.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+--- src/qt/qtbase/src/network/ssl/qsslcontext.cpp
++++ src/qt/qtbase/src/network/ssl/qsslcontext.cpp
+@@ -142,7 +142,11 @@
+ #endif
+         break;
+     case QSsl::SslV3:
++#ifndef OPENSSL_NO_SSL3
+         sslContext->ctx = q_SSL_CTX_new(client ? q_SSLv3_client_method() : q_SSLv3_server_method());
++#else
++	sslContext->ctx = 0; // SSL 2 not supported by the system, but chosen deliberately -> error
++#endif
+         break;
+     case QSsl::SecureProtocols: // SslV2 will be disabled below
+     case QSsl::TlsV1SslV3: // SslV2 will be disabled below
+--- src/qt/qtbase/src/network/ssl/qsslsocket_openssl_symbols.cpp
++++ src/qt/qtbase/src/network/ssl/qsslsocket_openssl_symbols.cpp
+@@ -266,7 +266,9 @@
+ #ifndef OPENSSL_NO_SSL2
+ DEFINEFUNC(const SSL_METHOD *, SSLv2_client_method, DUMMYARG, DUMMYARG, return 0, return)
+ #endif
++#ifndef OPENSSL_NO_SSL3
+ DEFINEFUNC(const SSL_METHOD *, SSLv3_client_method, DUMMYARG, DUMMYARG, return 0, return)
++#endif
+ DEFINEFUNC(const SSL_METHOD *, SSLv23_client_method, DUMMYARG, DUMMYARG, return 0, return)
+ DEFINEFUNC(const SSL_METHOD *, TLSv1_client_method, DUMMYARG, DUMMYARG, return 0, return)
+ #if OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER >= 0x10001000L
+@@ -276,7 +278,9 @@
+ #ifndef OPENSSL_NO_SSL2
+ DEFINEFUNC(const SSL_METHOD *, SSLv2_server_method, DUMMYARG, DUMMYARG, return 0, return)
+ #endif
++#ifndef OPENSSL_NO_SSL3
+ DEFINEFUNC(const SSL_METHOD *, SSLv3_server_method, DUMMYARG, DUMMYARG, return 0, return)
++#endif
+ DEFINEFUNC(const SSL_METHOD *, SSLv23_server_method, DUMMYARG, DUMMYARG, return 0, return)
+ DEFINEFUNC(const SSL_METHOD *, TLSv1_server_method, DUMMYARG, DUMMYARG, return 0, return)
+ #if OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER >= 0x10001000L
+@@ -285,11 +289,15 @@
+ #endif
+ #else
+ DEFINEFUNC(SSL_METHOD *, SSLv2_client_method, DUMMYARG, DUMMYARG, return 0, return)
++#ifndef OPENSSL_NO_SSL3
+ DEFINEFUNC(SSL_METHOD *, SSLv3_client_method, DUMMYARG, DUMMYARG, return 0, return)
++#endif
+ DEFINEFUNC(SSL_METHOD *, SSLv23_client_method, DUMMYARG, DUMMYARG, return 0, return)
+ DEFINEFUNC(SSL_METHOD *, TLSv1_client_method, DUMMYARG, DUMMYARG, return 0, return)
+ DEFINEFUNC(SSL_METHOD *, SSLv2_server_method, DUMMYARG, DUMMYARG, return 0, return)
++#ifndef OPENSSL_NO_SSL3
+ DEFINEFUNC(SSL_METHOD *, SSLv3_server_method, DUMMYARG, DUMMYARG, return 0, return)
++#endif
+ DEFINEFUNC(SSL_METHOD *, SSLv23_server_method, DUMMYARG, DUMMYARG, return 0, return)
+ DEFINEFUNC(SSL_METHOD *, TLSv1_server_method, DUMMYARG, DUMMYARG, return 0, return)
+ #endif
+@@ -767,7 +775,9 @@
+ #ifndef OPENSSL_NO_SSL2
+     RESOLVEFUNC(SSLv2_client_method)
+ #endif
++#ifndef OPENSSL_NO_SSL3
+     RESOLVEFUNC(SSLv3_client_method)
++#endif
+     RESOLVEFUNC(SSLv23_client_method)
+     RESOLVEFUNC(TLSv1_client_method)
+ #if OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER >= 0x10001000L
+@@ -777,7 +787,9 @@
+ #ifndef OPENSSL_NO_SSL2
+     RESOLVEFUNC(SSLv2_server_method)
+ #endif
++#ifndef OPENSSL_NO_SSL3
+     RESOLVEFUNC(SSLv3_server_method)
++#endif
+     RESOLVEFUNC(SSLv23_server_method)
+     RESOLVEFUNC(TLSv1_server_method)
+ #if OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER >= 0x10001000L
diff --git a/srcpkgs/phantomjs/template b/srcpkgs/phantomjs/template
index ea87c53803e..f1cbc945d8c 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/phantomjs/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/phantomjs/template
@@ -17,8 +17,6 @@ nopie=yes
 nocross=yes
 
 do_configure() {
-	sed -i 's,SSLv3_,SSLv23_,g' src/qt/qtbase/src/network/ssl/qsslcontext.cpp \
-		src/qt/qtbase/src/network/ssl/qsslsocket_openssl_symbols_p.h
 	sed -e "s|-O2|${CXXFLAGS}|" \
 		-i src/qt/qtbase/mkspecs/common/{g++,gcc}-base.conf
 	sed -e "/^QMAKE_LFLAGS\s/s|+=|+= ${LDFLAGS}|g" \