diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2025-03-11-21-08-46.gh-issue-131127.whcVdY.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2025-03-11-21-08-46.gh-issue-131127.whcVdY.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e8dfbf5f423
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2025-03-11-21-08-46.gh-issue-131127.whcVdY.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Systems using LibreSSL now successfully build.
diff --git a/Modules/_ssl.c b/Modules/_ssl.c
index e6bfbe46add..03165ec1f3c 100644
--- a/Modules/_ssl.c
+++ b/Modules/_ssl.c
@@ -4812,7 +4812,7 @@ _ssl__SSLContext_sni_callback_set_impl(PySSLContext *self, PyObject *value)
     return 0;
 }
 
-#if OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER < 0x30300000L
+#if OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER < 0x30300000L && !defined(LIBRESSL_VERSION_NUMBER)
 static X509_OBJECT *x509_object_dup(const X509_OBJECT *obj)
 {
     int ok;