diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index fc0ae67ba..026e334c6 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -623,6 +623,15 @@ OPTIONS_LDFLAGS += -ldl
 endif
 OPTIONS_OBJS  += src/ssl_sample.o src/ssl_sock.o src/ssl_crtlist.o src/ssl_ckch.o src/ssl_utils.o src/cfgparse-ssl.o src/jwt.o
 endif
+
+ifneq ($(USE_ENGINE),)
+# OpenSSL 3.0 emits loud deprecation warnings by default when building with
+# engine support, and this option is made to silence them. Better use it
+# only when absolutely necessary, until there's a viable alternative to the
+# engine API.
+OPTIONS_CFLAGS += -DOPENSSL_SUPPRESS_DEPRECATED
+endif
+
 ifneq ($(USE_QUIC),)
 OPTIONS_OBJS += src/quic_sock.o src/proto_quic.o src/xprt_quic.o src/quic_tls.o \
                 src/quic_frame.o src/quic_cc.o src/quic_cc_newreno.o src/mux_quic.o \