diff --git a/config/rootfiles/core/85/filelists/openssl-compat b/config/rootfiles/core/85/filelists/openssl-compat
new file mode 120000
index 000000000..c9fa42132
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/rootfiles/core/85/filelists/openssl-compat
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../../../common/openssl-compat
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lfs/openssl-compat b/lfs/openssl-compat
index 604ac1324..683d979ae 100644
--- a/lfs/openssl-compat
+++ b/lfs/openssl-compat
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 
 include Config
 
-VER        = 0.9.8zb
+VER        = 0.9.8zc
 
 THISAPP    = openssl-$(VER)
 DL_FILE    = $(THISAPP).tar.gz
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ objects = $(DL_FILE)
 
 $(DL_FILE) = $(DL_FROM)/$(DL_FILE)
 
-$(DL_FILE)_MD5 = 65c5f42734f8ecd58990b12a9afa6453
+$(DL_FILE)_MD5 = 1b239eea3a60d67863e7b66700e47a16
 
 install : $(TARGET)