diff -up openssh-9.9p1/log.c.xxx openssh-9.9p1/log.c
--- openssh-9.9p1/log.c.xxx	2024-10-22 11:55:44.281939275 +0200
+++ openssh-9.9p1/log.c	2024-10-22 11:56:16.709676267 +0200
@@ -52,6 +52,9 @@
 
 #include "log.h"
 #include "match.h"
+#ifdef WITH_OPENSSL
+#include <openssl/err.h>
+#endif
 
 static LogLevel log_level = SYSLOG_LEVEL_INFO;
 static int log_on_stderr = 1;
@@ -438,6 +438,26 @@ sshlog(const char *file, const char *fun
 	va_end(args);
 }
 
+#ifdef WITH_OPENSSL
+static int
+openssl_error_print_cb(const char *str, size_t len, void *u)
+{
+	sshlogdirect(SYSLOG_LEVEL_DEBUG1, 0, "openssl error %s", str);
+	return 0;
+}
+#endif
+
+void
+sshlog_openssl(int r)
+{
+#ifdef WITH_OPENSSL
+	if (r != SSH_ERR_LIBCRYPTO_ERROR) return;
+
+	ERR_print_errors_cb(openssl_error_print_cb, NULL);
+#endif
+	return;
+}
+
 void
 sshlogdie(const char *file, const char *func, int line, int showfunc,
     LogLevel level, const char *suffix, const char *fmt, ...)
diff -up openssh-8.7p1/log.h.xxx openssh-8.7p1/log.h
--- openssh-8.7p1/log.h.xxx	2024-10-18 12:56:18.944971946 +0200
+++ openssh-8.7p1/log.h	2024-10-18 13:03:38.324351416 +0200
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ void	 cleanup_exit(int) __attribute__((n
 void	 sshlog(const char *, const char *, int, int,
     LogLevel, const char *, const char *, ...)
     __attribute__((format(printf, 7, 8)));
+void	 sshlog_openssl(int);
 void	 sshlogv(const char *, const char *, int, int,
     LogLevel, const char *, const char *, va_list);
 void	 sshlogdie(const char *, const char *, int, int,
diff -up openssh-8.7p1/auth2-pubkey.c.yyy openssh-8.7p1/auth2-pubkey.c
--- openssh-8.7p1/auth2-pubkey.c.yyy	2024-10-18 13:27:00.709055845 +0200
+++ openssh-8.7p1/auth2-pubkey.c	2024-10-18 13:27:31.638784460 +0200
@@ -131,6 +131,7 @@ userauth_pubkey(struct ssh *ssh)
 		goto done;
 	}
 	if ((r = sshkey_from_blob(pkblob, blen, &key)) != 0) {
+		sshlog_openssl(r);
 		error_fr(r, "parse key");
 		goto done;
 	}
diff -up openssh-8.7p1/dispatch.c.yyy openssh-8.7p1/dispatch.c
--- openssh-8.7p1/dispatch.c.yyy	2024-10-18 13:27:56.349366570 +0200
+++ openssh-8.7p1/dispatch.c	2024-10-18 13:28:17.921874757 +0200
@@ -130,6 +130,8 @@ ssh_dispatch_run_fatal(struct ssh *ssh,
 {
 	int r;
 
-	if ((r = ssh_dispatch_run(ssh, mode, done)) != 0)
+	if ((r = ssh_dispatch_run(ssh, mode, done)) != 0) {
+		sshlog_openssl(r);
 		sshpkt_fatal(ssh, r, "%s", __func__);
+	}
 }
diff -up openssh-9.9p1/Makefile.in.xxx openssh-9.9p1/Makefile.in
--- openssh-9.9p1/Makefile.in.xxx	2025-01-27 12:56:58.533623367 +0100
+++ openssh-9.9p1/Makefile.in	2025-01-27 12:57:41.635638843 +0100
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ sshd-session$(EXEEXT): libssh.a	$(LIBCOM
 	$(LD) -o $@ $(SSHD_SESSION_OBJS) $(LDFLAGS) -lssh -lopenbsd-compat $(SSHDLIBS) $(LIBS) $(GSSLIBS) $(K5LIBS) $(CHANNELLIBS)
 
 scp$(EXEEXT): $(LIBCOMPAT) libssh.a $(SCP_OBJS)
-	$(LD) -o $@ $(SCP_OBJS) $(LDFLAGS) -lssh -lopenbsd-compat $(LIBS)
+	$(LD) -o $@ $(SCP_OBJS) $(LDFLAGS) -lssh -lopenbsd-compat -lcrypto $(LIBS)
 
 ssh-add$(EXEEXT): $(LIBCOMPAT) libssh.a $(SSHADD_OBJS)
 	$(LD) -o $@ $(SSHADD_OBJS) $(LDFLAGS) -lssh -lopenbsd-compat $(LIBS) $(CHANNELLIBS)
@@ -245,20 +245,20 @@ ssh-sk-helper$(EXEEXT): $(LIBCOMPAT) lib
 	$(LD) -o $@ $(SKHELPER_OBJS) $(LDFLAGS) -lssh -lopenbsd-compat -lssh -lopenbsd-compat $(LIBS) $(LIBFIDO2) $(CHANNELLIBS)
 
 ssh-keycat$(EXEEXT): $(LIBCOMPAT) $(SSHDOBJS) libssh.a ssh-keycat.o uidswap.o
-	$(LD) -o $@ ssh-keycat.o uidswap.o $(LDFLAGS) -lssh -lopenbsd-compat $(KEYCATLIBS) $(LIBS)
+	$(LD) -o $@ ssh-keycat.o uidswap.o $(LDFLAGS) -lssh -lopenbsd-compat -lcrypto $(KEYCATLIBS) $(LIBS)
 
 ssh-keyscan$(EXEEXT): $(LIBCOMPAT) libssh.a $(SSHKEYSCAN_OBJS)
 	$(LD) -o $@ $(SSHKEYSCAN_OBJS) $(LDFLAGS) -lssh -lopenbsd-compat -lssh $(LIBS) $(CHANNELLIBS)
 
 sftp-server$(EXEEXT): $(LIBCOMPAT) libssh.a $(SFTPSERVER_OBJS)
-	$(LD) -o $@ $(SFTPSERVER_OBJS) $(LDFLAGS) -lssh -lopenbsd-compat -lssh $(LIBS)
+	$(LD) -o $@ $(SFTPSERVER_OBJS) $(LDFLAGS) -lssh -lopenbsd-compat -lssh -lcrypto $(LIBS)
 
 sftp$(EXEEXT): $(LIBCOMPAT) libssh.a $(SFTP_OBJS)
-	$(LD) -o $@ $(SFTP_OBJS) $(LDFLAGS) -lssh -lopenbsd-compat $(LIBS) $(LIBEDIT)
+	$(LD) -o $@ $(SFTP_OBJS) $(LDFLAGS) -lssh -lopenbsd-compat -lcrypto $(LIBS) $(LIBEDIT)
 
 # test driver for the loginrec code - not built by default
 logintest: logintest.o $(LIBCOMPAT) libssh.a loginrec.o
-	$(LD) -o $@ logintest.o $(LDFLAGS) loginrec.o -lopenbsd-compat -lssh $(LIBS)
+	$(LD) -o $@ logintest.o $(LDFLAGS) loginrec.o -lopenbsd-compat -lssh -lcrypto $(LIBS)
 
 $(MANPAGES): $(MANPAGES_IN)
 	if test "$(MANTYPE)" = "cat"; then \