diff --git a/lfs/openssl b/lfs/openssl
index d8925d7d1..455dcf15c 100644
--- a/lfs/openssl
+++ b/lfs/openssl
@@ -117,9 +117,10 @@ $(TARGET) : $(patsubst %,$(DIR_DL)/%,$(objects))
 	cd $(DIR_APP) && patch -Np1 < $(DIR_SRC)/src/patches/openssl-1.0.1m-weak-ciphers.patch
 	cd $(DIR_APP) && patch -Np1 < $(DIR_SRC)/src/patches/openssl-disable-sslv2-sslv3.patch
 
-	# Enable Padlock in i586
+	# i586 specific patches
 ifeq "$(MACHINE)" "i586"
 	cd $(DIR_APP) && patch -Np1 < $(DIR_SRC)/src/patches/openssl-1.0.2a_auto_enable_padlock.patch
+	cd $(DIR_APP) && patch -Np1 < $(DIR_SRC)/src/patches/openssl-1.0.2a_disable_ssse3_for_amd.patch
 endif
 
 	# Apply our CFLAGS
diff --git a/src/patches/openssl-1.0.2a_disable_ssse3_for_amd.patch b/src/patches/openssl-1.0.2a_disable_ssse3_for_amd.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..097cc8071
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/patches/openssl-1.0.2a_disable_ssse3_for_amd.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+diff -Naur openssl-1.0.2a.org/crypto/x86cpuid.pl openssl-1.0.2a/crypto/x86cpuid.pl
+--- openssl-1.0.2a.org/crypto/x86cpuid.pl	2015-03-19 14:30:36.000000000 +0100
++++ openssl-1.0.2a/crypto/x86cpuid.pl	2015-04-28 13:47:57.853521020 +0200
+@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@
+ 	&mov	("eax",1);
+ 	&xor	("ecx","ecx");
+ 	&cpuid	();
++	&and	("ecx",0xfffffdff);	# clear SSSE3 because it is incredible slow on AMD's
+ 	&bt	("edx",28);
+ 	&jnc	(&label("generic"));
+ 	&shr	("ebx",16);