diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-support/libp11/files/0002-detect-correct-openssl-3.x.patch b/meta-oe/recipes-support/libp11/files/0002-detect-correct-openssl-3.x.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b56e2602d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-support/libp11/files/0002-detect-correct-openssl-3.x.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+From 74497e0fa5b69b15790d6697e1ebce13af842d4c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Mike Gilbert <floppym@gentoo.org>
+Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2023 13:52:54 -0400
+Subject: [PATCH] configure: treat all openssl-3.x releases the same
+
+OpenSSL's soversion will not change for any 3.x minor release.
+
+https://www.openssl.org/policies/general/versioning-policy.html
+---
+ configure.ac | 2 +-
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+Upstream-Status: Backport [https://github.com/OpenSC/libp11/commit/74497e0fa5b69b15790d6697e1ebce13af842d4c.patch]
+Signed-off-by: Sana Kazi sana.kazi@kpit.com
+
+diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
+index b96979d9..c344e84a 100644
+--- a/configure.ac
++++ b/configure.ac
+@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ AC_C_BIGENDIAN
+ # issues with applications linking to new openssl, old libp11, and vice versa
+ case "`$PKG_CONFIG --modversion --silence-errors libcrypto || \
+        $PKG_CONFIG --modversion openssl`" in
+-       3.0.*) # Predicted engines directory prefix for OpenSSL 3.x
++       3.*) # Predicted engines directory prefix for OpenSSL 3.x
+            LIBP11_LT_OLDEST="3"
+            debian_ssl_prefix="openssl-3.0.0";;
+        1.1.*) # Predicted engines directory prefix for OpenSSL 1.1.x
diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-support/libp11/libp11_0.4.12.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-support/libp11/libp11_0.4.12.bb
index 223778200..87b26bf01 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-support/libp11/libp11_0.4.12.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-support/libp11/libp11_0.4.12.bb
@@ -9,7 +9,9 @@ LICENSE = "LGPL-2.0-or-later"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=fad9b3332be894bab9bc501572864b29"
 DEPENDS = "libtool openssl"
 
-SRC_URI = "git://github.com/OpenSC/libp11.git;branch=master;protocol=https"
+SRC_URI = "git://github.com/OpenSC/libp11.git;branch=master;protocol=https \
+    file://0002-detect-correct-openssl-3.x.patch \
+"
 SRCREV = "53d65dc48cf436694f7edcfc805414e608e8a2bf"
 
 UPSTREAM_CHECK_GITTAGREGEX = "libp11-(?P<pver>\d+(\.\d+)+)"