diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_openssl.sh b/.github/workflows/build_openssl.sh
index d2358d1a7f1a..52ba300ae344 100755
--- a/.github/workflows/build_openssl.sh
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_openssl.sh
@@ -15,6 +15,11 @@ if [[ "${TYPE}" == "openssl" ]]; then
     git clone https://github.com/openssl/openssl
     pushd openssl
     git checkout "${VERSION}"
+  elif [[ "${VERSION}" =~ ^romen-[0-9a-f]{40}$ ]]; then
+    export VERSION="${VERSION#"romen-"}"
+    git clone https://github.com/romen/openssl
+    pushd openssl
+    git checkout "${VERSION}"
   else
     curl -O "https://www.openssl.org/source/openssl-${VERSION}.tar.gz"
     tar zxf "openssl-${VERSION}.tar.gz"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 4c51f6c7831f..70c8885b64e5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ jobs:
           - {VERSION: "3.11", TOXENV: "py311", OPENSSL: {TYPE: "boringssl", VERSION: "5511fa833c96c8caa9b51c13367f057c74d850eb"}}
           # Latest commit on the OpenSSL master branch, as of Nov 22, 2022.
           - {VERSION: "3.11", TOXENV: "py311", OPENSSL: {TYPE: "openssl", VERSION: "26cfa4cd85f6b26dd7a48c2ff06bfa4a2cea4764"}}
+          # Upcoming change in OpenSSL that triggers some errors. DO NOT MERGE
+          - {VERSION: "3.11", TOXENV: "py311", OPENSSL: {TYPE: "openssl", VERSION: "romen-fc0288cbe250c741deb552fa21522125990a313a"}}
     name: "${{ matrix.PYTHON.TOXENV }} ${{ matrix.PYTHON.OPENSSL.TYPE }} ${{ matrix.PYTHON.OPENSSL.VERSION }} ${{ matrix.PYTHON.TOXARGS }} ${{ matrix.PYTHON.OPENSSL.CONFIG_FLAGS }}"
     timeout-minutes: 15
     steps: