diff --git a/packages/net-im/pidgin-opensteamworks/files/0001-Add-mbedtls-openssl-as-STEAM_CRYPT_BACKEND.patch b/packages/net-im/pidgin-opensteamworks/files/0001-Add-mbedtls-openssl-as-STEAM_CRYPT_BACKEND.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..402ec08
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/net-im/pidgin-opensteamworks/files/0001-Add-mbedtls-openssl-as-STEAM_CRYPT_BACKEND.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+From 01cb534f1a9d2b161768c8294875700de060f63a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Julian Ospald <hasufell@posteo.de>
+Date: Sat, 12 Mar 2016 18:04:53 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Add mbedtls/openssl as STEAM_CRYPT_BACKEND
+
+Also fix the ifdef check to include linux systems.
+
+https://github.com/EionRobb/pidgin-opensteamworks/pull/139
+---
+ steam-mobile/Makefile    | 6 ++++++
+ steam-mobile/steam_rsa.c | 2 +-
+ 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/steam-mobile/Makefile b/steam-mobile/Makefile
+index 3f66ee1..1de0c50 100644
+--- a/steam-mobile/Makefile
++++ b/steam-mobile/Makefile
+@@ -21,6 +21,12 @@ ifeq ($(STEAM_CRYPT_BACKEND), nss)
+ else ifeq ($(STEAM_CRYPT_BACKEND), gcrypt)
+ 	LIBPURPLE_CFLAGS += $(shell libgcrypt-config --cflags) -DUSE_GCRYPT_CRYPTO
+ 	LIBPURPLE_LIBS += $(shell libgcrypt-config --libs)
++else ifeq ($(STEAM_CRYPT_BACKEND), mbedtls)
++	LIBPURPLE_CFLAGS += -DUSE_MBEDTLS_CRYPTO
++	LIBPURPLE_LIBS += -lmbedtls -lmbedcrypto -lmbedx509
++else ifeq ($(STEAM_CRYPT_BACKEND), openssl)
++	LIBPURPLE_CFLAGS += $(shell ${PKG_CONFIG} --cflags openssl) -DUSE_OPENSSL_CRYPTO
++	LIBPURPLE_LIBS += $(shell ${PKG_CONFIG} --libs openssl)
+ endif
+ 
+ STEAM_SOURCES = \
+diff --git a/steam-mobile/steam_rsa.c b/steam-mobile/steam_rsa.c
+index c14196e..650baa9 100644
+--- a/steam-mobile/steam_rsa.c
++++ b/steam-mobile/steam_rsa.c
+@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ password=<base64rsaencryptedpwd>&username=<steamusername>&emailauth=&captchagid=
+ 
+ */
+ 
+-#if defined USE_OPENSSL_CRYPTO && !(defined __APPLE__ || defined __FreeBSD__ || defined __OpenBSD__)
++#if defined USE_OPENSSL_CRYPTO && !(defined __APPLE__ || defined __unix__)
+ #	undef USE_OPENSSL_CRYPTO
+ #endif
+ 
+-- 
+2.7.2
+
diff --git a/packages/net-im/pidgin-opensteamworks/files/0002-Respect-system-LDFLAGS.patch b/packages/net-im/pidgin-opensteamworks/files/0002-Respect-system-LDFLAGS.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7796a17
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/net-im/pidgin-opensteamworks/files/0002-Respect-system-LDFLAGS.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+From 446316ba82ffb6f07dbba83879d0534e3257e890 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Julian Ospald <hasufell@posteo.de>
+Date: Sat, 12 Mar 2016 18:05:17 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Respect system LDFLAGS
+
+https://github.com/EionRobb/pidgin-opensteamworks/pull/139
+---
+ steam-mobile/Makefile | 2 +-
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/steam-mobile/Makefile b/steam-mobile/Makefile
+index 1de0c50..ac06361 100644
+--- a/steam-mobile/Makefile
++++ b/steam-mobile/Makefile
+@@ -48,4 +48,4 @@ clean:
+ 	rm -f libsteam.so
+ 
+ libsteam.so: $(STEAM_SOURCES)
+-	$(CC) -Wall -I. -fPIC $(CFLAGS) $(STEAM_SOURCES) -o $@ $(LIBPURPLE_CFLAGS) $(LIBPURPLE_LIBS) -shared
++	$(CC) -Wall -I. -fPIC $(CFLAGS) $(STEAM_SOURCES) -o $@ $(LDFLAGS) $(LIBPURPLE_CFLAGS) $(LIBPURPLE_LIBS) -shared
+-- 
+2.7.2
+
diff --git a/packages/net-im/pidgin-opensteamworks/files/pidgin-opensteamworks-1.3-Makefile b/packages/net-im/pidgin-opensteamworks/files/pidgin-opensteamworks-1.3-Makefile
deleted file mode 100644
index a898be3..0000000
--- a/packages/net-im/pidgin-opensteamworks/files/pidgin-opensteamworks-1.3-Makefile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-# Source: Gentoo
-# Upstream: no, but we tried, see https://code.google.com/p/pidgin-opensteamworks/issues/detail?id=31
-# Reason: provide an actual working Makefile
-
-
-CC ?= gcc
-PKG_CONFIG ?= pkg-config
-INSTALL = install
-INSTALL_PROGRAM = $(INSTALL) -Dm755
-
-PLUGINDIR ?= $(shell $(PKG_CONFIG) --variable=plugindir purple)
-
-CFLAGS ?= -O2 -pipe
-CFLAGS += -Wall -fPIC
-LDFLAGS += -shared
-CPPFLAGS += $(shell $(PKG_CONFIG) --cflags glib-2.0 json-glib-1.0 purple nss gnome-keyring-1)
-LIBS += $(shell $(PKG_CONFIG) --libs glib-2.0 json-glib-1.0 purple nss)
-
-TARGET = libsteam.so
-
-OBJS = libsteam.o steam_connection.o
-
-%.o: %.c %.h
-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) -c $*.c
-
-$(TARGET): $(OBJS)
-	$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) -o $@ $(OBJS) $(LIBS)
-
-install: $(TARGET)
-	$(INSTALL_PROGRAM) $(TARGET) "$(DESTDIR)$(PLUGINDIR)/$(TARGET)"
-
-uninstall:
-	rm -f "$(DESTDIR)$(PLUGINDIR)/$(TARGET)"
-
-clean:
-	rm -f $(OBJS) $(TARGET)
-
-.PHONY: uninstall clean
diff --git a/packages/net-im/pidgin-opensteamworks/pidgin-opensteamworks-1.6.1.exheres-0 b/packages/net-im/pidgin-opensteamworks/pidgin-opensteamworks-1.6.1.exheres-0
deleted file mode 100644
index f7d7e87..0000000
--- a/packages/net-im/pidgin-opensteamworks/pidgin-opensteamworks-1.6.1.exheres-0
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,46 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 2016 Julian Ospald <hasufell@posteo.de>
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-
-SUMMARY="Steam protocol plugin for pidgin"
-HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/eionrobb/pidgin-opensteamworks"
-DOWNLOADS="https://github.com/EionRobb/${PN}/archive/${PV}.tar.gz -> ${PNV}.tar.gz"
-
-LICENCES="GPL-3"
-SLOT="0"
-PLATFORMS="~amd64 ~x86"
-
-DEPENDENCIES="
-    build:
-        virtual/pkg-config
-        virtual/unzip
-    run:
-        core/json-glib
-        dev-libs/glib:2
-        dev-libs/nss
-        gnome-desktop/libgnome-keyring
-        net-im/pidgin
-"
-
-WORK=${WORKBASE}
-
-src_prepare() {
-    edo cp "${FILES}"/${PN}-1.3-Makefile "${WORK}"/${PNV}/steam-mobile/Makefile
-    edo unzip "${WORK}"/${PNV}/steam-mobile/releases/icons.zip
-}
-
-src_compile() {
-    export CC=${CC} PKG_CONFIG=${PKG_CONFIG}
-    edo pushd ${PNV}/steam-mobile
-    default
-    edo popd
-}
-
-src_install() {
-    edo pushd ${PNV}/steam-mobile
-    default
-    edo popd
-    insinto /usr/share/pixmaps/pidgin/protocols
-    doins -r "${WORK}"/{16,48}
-    dodoc ${PNV}/README.md
-}
-
diff --git a/packages/net-im/pidgin-opensteamworks/pidgin-opensteamworks-1.6.1_p20160218.exheres-0 b/packages/net-im/pidgin-opensteamworks/pidgin-opensteamworks-1.6.1_p20160218.exheres-0
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0318c8e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/net-im/pidgin-opensteamworks/pidgin-opensteamworks-1.6.1_p20160218.exheres-0
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+# Copyright 2016 Julian Ospald <hasufell@posteo.de>
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+SUMMARY="Steam protocol plugin for pidgin"
+HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/eionrobb/pidgin-opensteamworks"
+DOWNLOADS="https://github.com/EionRobb/pidgin-opensteamworks/archive/5a5bebab831618b658ffdeb418b8b2e430a18dd4.tar.gz -> ${PNV}.tar.gz"
+
+LICENCES="GPL-3"
+SLOT="0"
+PLATFORMS="~amd64 ~x86"
+
+MYOPTIONS="
+    ( providers: gcrypt libressl mbedtls nss openssl ) [[
+        number-selected = exactly-one
+    ]]
+"
+
+DEPENDENCIES="
+    build:
+        virtual/pkg-config
+    build+run:
+        core/json-glib
+        dev-libs/glib:2
+        gnome-desktop/libgnome-keyring
+        net-im/pidgin
+        providers:gcrypt? ( dev-libs/libgcrypt:= )
+        providers:libressl? ( dev-libs/libressl:= )
+        providers:mbedtls? ( dev-libs/mbedtls:= )
+        providers:nss? ( dev-libs/nss:= )
+        providers:openssl? ( dev-libs/openssl:= )
+"
+
+WORK=${WORK}/steam-mobile
+
+DEFAULT_SRC_PREPARE_PATCHES=(
+    -p2 "${FILES}"/0001-Add-mbedtls-openssl-as-STEAM_CRYPT_BACKEND.patch
+    -p2 "${FILES}"/0002-Respect-system-LDFLAGS.patch
+)
+
+DEFAULT_SRC_INSTALL_EXTRA_DOCS=(
+    README.md
+)
+
+src_unpack() {
+    default
+    edo mv ${PN}-* ${PNV}
+}
+
+src_compile() {
+    local STEAM_CRYPT_BACKEND=
+
+    export CC=${CC} PKG_CONFIG=${PKG_CONFIG}
+
+    if option providers:nss ; then
+        STEAM_CRYPT_BACKEND=nss
+    elif option providers:gcrypt ; then
+        STEAM_CRYPT_BACKEND=gcrypt
+    elif option providers:mbedtls ; then
+        STEAM_CRYPT_BACKEND=mbedtls
+    elif option providers:libressl ; then
+        STEAM_CRYPT_BACKEND=openssl
+    elif option providers:openssl ; then
+        STEAM_CRYPT_BACKEND=openssl
+    fi
+
+    emake STEAM_CRYPT_BACKEND=${STEAM_CRYPT_BACKEND}
+}
+