From 716d66b68885b8b212e8f97f7c10bc44b05c0ace Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Laurent Cheylus <foxy@free.fr>
Date: Sun, 22 Jun 2025 11:31:25 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] docs: add section in README for compilation on OpenBSD
 (#24775)

---
 README.md | 12 ++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index cb38f6753d..0cd9f0cadc 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -168,6 +168,18 @@ cd v
 make
 ```
 
+### OpenBSD
+
+On OpenBSD (release 7.7), V needs `boehm-gc` and `openssl-3.4.1p0v0` packages preinstalled. After
+installing them, use GNU `make` (installed with `gmake` package), to build V.
+
+```bash
+pkg_add boehm-gc openssl-3.4.1p0v0 gmake
+git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/vlang/v
+cd v
+gmake
+```
+
 ### Termux/Android
 
 On Termux, V needs some packages preinstalled - a working C compiler, also `libexecinfo`,