diff --git a/changes/ticket23602 b/changes/ticket23602
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..c741f2b6d9d08fa0d83ee241742c30a25e0073ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changes/ticket23602
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+  o Minor bugfixes (build):
+    - When searching for OpenSSL, don't accept any OpenSSL library that lacks
+      TLSv1_1_method(): Tor doesn't build with those versions.  Additionally,
+      look in /usr/local/opt/openssl, if it's present.  These changes
+      together repair the default build on OSX systems with Homebrew
+      installed. Fixes bug 23602; bugfix on 0.2.7.2-alpha.
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 76140cbd19dafd6e39fafb80d8fc6bb180904221..eaa0cd2be69e2c714ddcf5b429d23185da5c1141 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -612,11 +612,12 @@ AC_ARG_WITH(ssl-dir,
       fi
   ])
 
+AC_MSG_NOTICE([Now, we'll look for OpenSSL >= 1.0.1])
 TOR_SEARCH_LIBRARY(openssl, $tryssldir, [-lssl -lcrypto $TOR_LIB_GDI],
-    [#include <openssl/rand.h>],
-    [void RAND_add(const void *buf, int num, double entropy);],
-    [RAND_add((void*)0,0,0);], [],
-    [/usr/local/openssl /usr/lib/openssl /usr/local/ssl /usr/lib/ssl /usr/local /usr/athena /opt/openssl])
+    [#include <openssl/ssl.h>],
+    [struct ssl_method_st; const struct ssl_method_st *TLSv1_1_method(void);],
+    [TLSv1_1_method();], [],
+    [/usr/local/opt/openssl /usr/local/openssl /usr/lib/openssl /usr/local/ssl /usr/lib/ssl /usr/local /usr/athena /opt/openssl])
 
 dnl XXXX check for OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER == SSLeay()