diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-extended/mailx/files/0001-support-openssl-1.1.x.patch b/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-extended/mailx/files/0001-support-openssl-1.1.x.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6a8911d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-extended/mailx/files/0001-support-openssl-1.1.x.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+From 7db6d8a657d13bb562a27c6181accaf3e53c0efd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Hongxu Jia <hongxu.jia@windriver.com>
+Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2018 14:03:10 +0800
+Subject: [PATCH] support openssl 1.1.x
+
+Long time no maintain from upstream since 2013-06-04
+(https://sourceforge.net/projects/nail/), backport a
+fix from openSUSE
+
+Upstream-Status: Backport [openSUSE]
+https://build.opensuse.org/package/view_file/openSUSE:Leap:15.0/mailx/mailx-12.5-openssl-1.1.0f.patch?expand=1
+
+Signed-off-by: Hongxu Jia <hongxu.jia@windriver.com>
+---
+ openssl.c | 25 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-
+ 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/openssl.c b/openssl.c
+index 44fe4e5..0ccc517 100644
+--- a/openssl.c
++++ b/openssl.c
+@@ -137,7 +137,12 @@ ssl_rand_init(void)
+ 
+ 	if ((cp = value("ssl-rand-egd")) != NULL) {
+ 		cp = expand(cp);
+-		if (RAND_egd(cp) == -1) {
++#ifndef OPENSSL_NO_EGD
++		if (RAND_egd(cp) == -1)
++#else
++		if (1)
++#endif
++		{
+ 			fprintf(stderr, catgets(catd, CATSET, 245,
+ 				"entropy daemon at \"%s\" not available\n"),
+ 					cp);
+@@ -216,6 +221,7 @@ ssl_select_method(const char *uhp)
+ 
+ 	cp = ssl_method_string(uhp);
+ 	if (cp != NULL) {
++#if defined(OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER) && OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER < 0x1010006fL
+ 		if (equal(cp, "ssl3"))
+ 			method = SSLv3_client_method();
+ 		else if (equal(cp, "tls1"))
+@@ -225,8 +231,25 @@ ssl_select_method(const char *uhp)
+ 					"Invalid SSL method \"%s\"\n"), cp);
+ 			method = SSLv23_client_method();
+ 		}
++#else
++		method = NULL;
++		if (equal(cp, "tls"))
++			method = TLS_client_method();
++		else if (equal(cp, "dtls"))
++			method = DTLS_client_method();
++
++		if (!method) {
++			fprintf(stderr, catgets(catd, CATSET, 244,
++					"Invalid SSL method \"%s\"\n"), cp);
++			method = TLS_client_method();
++		}
++#endif
+ 	} else
++#if defined(OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER) && OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER < 0x1010006fL
+ 		method = SSLv23_client_method();
++#else
++		method = TLS_client_method();
++#endif
+ 	return method;
+ }
+ 
+-- 
+2.7.4
+