diff --git a/include/config.h b/include/config.h
index 3ed14767e..146a988eb 100644
--- a/include/config.h
+++ b/include/config.h
@@ -240,22 +240,21 @@
 #define GREPPATH "/bin/grep"
 #endif
 
-#ifndef CRASHREPORT
-# ifdef MACOS
-#  define CRASHREPORT "/usr/bin/open"
-# endif
-# ifdef __linux__
-#  define CRASHREPORT "/usr/bin/xdg-open"
+#ifdef NOCRASHREPORT
+# ifndef CRASHREPORT
+#  ifdef MACOS
+#   define CRASHREPORT "/usr/bin/open"
+#  endif
+#  ifdef __linux__
+#   define CRASHREPORT "/usr/bin/xdg-open"
        /* Define this if the terminal is filled with useless error messages
         * when the browser launches. */
-#  define CRASHREPORT_EXEC_NOSTDERR
+#   define CRASHREPORT_EXEC_NOSTDERR
+#  endif
+#  ifdef WIN32
+#   define CRASHREPORT /* builtin helper */
+#  endif
 # endif
-# ifdef WIN32
-#  define CRASHREPORT /* builtin helper */
-# endif
-#endif
-#ifdef MSDOS
-# undef CRASHREPORT
 #endif
 
 #ifdef CRASHREPORT
diff --git a/sys/unix/hints/linux.370 b/sys/unix/hints/linux.370
index f34bbee06..8affd9df1 100755
--- a/sys/unix/hints/linux.370
+++ b/sys/unix/hints/linux.370
@@ -110,7 +110,13 @@ endif      #HAVE_NCURSESW
 endif      #MAKEFILE_SRC
 endif      #USE_CURSESLIB
 
+# autodetect missing openssl header needed for CRASHREPORT
+CROK=$(shell ls /usr/include/openssl/md4.h 2>/dev/null | wc -l )
+ifeq "$(CROK)" "1"
 AUTOLIBS=$(shell (../util/makedefs --grep-defined CRASHREPORT && echo "-lcrypto" ) || true )
+else
+NHCFLAGS+=-DNOCRASHREPORT
+endif
 
 # NetHack sources control
 NHCFLAGS+=-DDLB