diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2018-03-24-15-08-24.bpo-33127.olJmHv.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2018-03-24-15-08-24.bpo-33127.olJmHv.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..635aabbde03
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2018-03-24-15-08-24.bpo-33127.olJmHv.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+The ssl module now compiles with LibreSSL 2.7.1.
diff --git a/Modules/_ssl.c b/Modules/_ssl.c
index f9e061dfe01..30c340376a4 100644
--- a/Modules/_ssl.c
+++ b/Modules/_ssl.c
@@ -136,6 +136,12 @@ static void _PySSLFixErrno(void) {
 
 #if (OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER >= 0x10100000L) && !defined(LIBRESSL_VERSION_NUMBER)
 #  define OPENSSL_VERSION_1_1 1
+#  define PY_OPENSSL_1_1_API 1
+#endif
+
+/* LibreSSL 2.7.0 provides necessary OpenSSL 1.1.0 APIs */
+#if defined(LIBRESSL_VERSION_NUMBER) && LIBRESSL_VERSION_NUMBER >= 0x2070000fL
+#  define PY_OPENSSL_1_1_API 1
 #endif
 
 /* Openssl comes with TLSv1.1 and TLSv1.2 between 1.0.0h and 1.0.1
@@ -182,13 +188,17 @@ static void _PySSLFixErrno(void) {
 #define INVALID_SOCKET (-1)
 #endif
 
-#ifdef OPENSSL_VERSION_1_1
-/* OpenSSL 1.1.0+ */
-#ifndef OPENSSL_NO_SSL2
+/* OpenSSL 1.0.2 and LibreSSL needs extra code for locking */
+#ifndef OPENSSL_VERSION_1_1
+#define HAVE_OPENSSL_CRYPTO_LOCK
+#endif
+
+#if defined(OPENSSL_VERSION_1_1) && !defined(OPENSSL_NO_SSL2)
 #define OPENSSL_NO_SSL2
 #endif
-#else /* OpenSSL < 1.1.0 */
-#define HAVE_OPENSSL_CRYPTO_LOCK
+
+#ifndef PY_OPENSSL_1_1_API
+/* OpenSSL 1.1 API shims for OpenSSL < 1.1.0 and LibreSSL < 2.7.0 */
 
 #define TLS_method SSLv23_method
 #define TLS_client_method SSLv23_client_method
@@ -250,7 +260,7 @@ SSL_SESSION_get_ticket_lifetime_hint(const SSL_SESSION *s)
     return s->tlsext_tick_lifetime_hint;
 }
 
-#endif /* OpenSSL < 1.1.0 or LibreSSL */
+#endif /* OpenSSL < 1.1.0 or LibreSSL < 2.7.0 */
 
 /* Default cipher suites */
 #ifndef PY_SSL_DEFAULT_CIPHERS
diff --git a/Tools/ssl/multissltests.py b/Tools/ssl/multissltests.py
index 70913c7203b..a51566c5069 100755
--- a/Tools/ssl/multissltests.py
+++ b/Tools/ssl/multissltests.py
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ LIBRESSL_OLD_VERSIONS = [
 ]
 
 LIBRESSL_RECENT_VERSIONS = [
-    # "2.6.5",
+    "2.7.1",
 ]
 
 # store files in ../multissl