diff --git a/srcpkgs/libgit2/patches/libressl.patch b/srcpkgs/libgit2/patches/libressl.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7ba36f6839
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/libgit2/patches/libressl.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- src/openssl_stream.h.orig	2016-12-16 00:19:49.000000000 +0000
++++ src/openssl_stream.h	2016-12-17 09:01:20.333682535 +0000
+@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
+ 
+ 
+ 
+-# if OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER < 0x10100000L
++# if OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER < 0x10100000L || defined(LIBRESSL_VERSION_NUMBER)
+ 
+ GIT_INLINE(BIO_METHOD*) BIO_meth_new(int type, const char *name)
+ {
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libgit2/template b/srcpkgs/libgit2/template
index 2b2354ef7a..a0c43a382c 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libgit2/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libgit2/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'libgit2'
 pkgname=libgit2
-version=0.24.3
+version=0.24.5
 revision=1
 build_style=cmake
 hostmakedepends="python git pkg-config"
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@voidlinux.eu>"
 homepage="http://libgit2.github.com/"
 license="GPL-2 with Linking Exception"
 distfiles="https://github.com/libgit2/libgit2/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=0a24e6a51dbf3beecb0ebcd2cafb1e09b1212e910be6477b5de03c84a5586754
+checksum=f6135ee64b174f449c8857272352c11ca182af05a340237834cedcc9eb390cba
 
 case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
 	*-musl)