diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 29f6d3b31e..e9197b4acc 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -3215,6 +3215,9 @@ $(SP_OBJ): %.sp: %.c %.o
 sparse: $(SP_OBJ)
 
 EXCEPT_HDRS := $(GENERATED_H) unicode-width.h compat/% xdiff/%
+ifndef OPENSSL_SHA1
+	EXCEPT_HDRS += sha1/openssl.h
+endif
 ifndef OPENSSL_SHA256
 	EXCEPT_HDRS += sha256/openssl.h
 endif
diff --git a/hash-ll.h b/hash-ll.h
index 5173a2698c..0cc73dffc5 100644
--- a/hash-ll.h
+++ b/hash-ll.h
@@ -4,7 +4,11 @@
 #if defined(SHA1_APPLE)
 #include <CommonCrypto/CommonDigest.h>
 #elif defined(SHA1_OPENSSL)
-#include <openssl/sha.h>
+#  include <openssl/sha.h>
+#  if defined(OPENSSL_API_LEVEL) && OPENSSL_API_LEVEL >= 3
+#    define SHA1_NEEDS_CLONE_HELPER
+#    include "sha1/openssl.h"
+#  endif
 #elif defined(SHA1_DC)
 #include "sha1dc_git.h"
 #else /* SHA1_BLK */
@@ -45,6 +49,10 @@
 #define git_SHA1_Update		platform_SHA1_Update
 #define git_SHA1_Final		platform_SHA1_Final
 
+#ifdef platform_SHA1_Clone
+#define git_SHA1_Clone	platform_SHA1_Clone
+#endif
+
 #ifndef platform_SHA256_CTX
 #define platform_SHA256_CTX	SHA256_CTX
 #define platform_SHA256_Init	SHA256_Init
@@ -67,10 +75,12 @@
 #define git_SHA1_Update		git_SHA1_Update_Chunked
 #endif
 
+#ifndef SHA1_NEEDS_CLONE_HELPER
 static inline void git_SHA1_Clone(git_SHA_CTX *dst, const git_SHA_CTX *src)
 {
 	memcpy(dst, src, sizeof(*dst));
 }
+#endif
 
 #ifndef SHA256_NEEDS_CLONE_HELPER
 static inline void git_SHA256_Clone(git_SHA256_CTX *dst, const git_SHA256_CTX *src)
diff --git a/sha1/openssl.h b/sha1/openssl.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..006c1f4ba5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sha1/openssl.h
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+/* wrappers for the EVP API of OpenSSL 3+ */
+#ifndef SHA1_OPENSSL_H
+#define SHA1_OPENSSL_H
+#include <openssl/evp.h>
+
+struct openssl_SHA1_CTX {
+	EVP_MD_CTX *ectx;
+};
+
+typedef struct openssl_SHA1_CTX openssl_SHA1_CTX;
+
+static inline void openssl_SHA1_Init(struct openssl_SHA1_CTX *ctx)
+{
+	const EVP_MD *type = EVP_sha1();
+
+	ctx->ectx = EVP_MD_CTX_new();
+	if (!ctx->ectx)
+		die("EVP_MD_CTX_new: out of memory");
+
+	EVP_DigestInit_ex(ctx->ectx, type, NULL);
+}
+
+static inline void openssl_SHA1_Update(struct openssl_SHA1_CTX *ctx,
+					const void *data,
+					size_t len)
+{
+	EVP_DigestUpdate(ctx->ectx, data, len);
+}
+
+static inline void openssl_SHA1_Final(unsigned char *digest,
+				       struct openssl_SHA1_CTX *ctx)
+{
+	EVP_DigestFinal_ex(ctx->ectx, digest, NULL);
+	EVP_MD_CTX_free(ctx->ectx);
+}
+
+static inline void openssl_SHA1_Clone(struct openssl_SHA1_CTX *dst,
+					const struct openssl_SHA1_CTX *src)
+{
+	EVP_MD_CTX_copy_ex(dst->ectx, src->ectx);
+}
+
+#define platform_SHA_CTX openssl_SHA1_CTX
+#define platform_SHA1_Init openssl_SHA1_Init
+#define platform_SHA1_Clone openssl_SHA1_Clone
+#define platform_SHA1_Update openssl_SHA1_Update
+#define platform_SHA1_Final openssl_SHA1_Final
+
+#endif /* SHA1_OPENSSL_H */