diff --git a/ios/StatusIm.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj b/ios/StatusIm.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
index 36ad00e186..5fb82a7b2c 100644
--- a/ios/StatusIm.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
+++ b/ios/StatusIm.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
@@ -526,7 +526,7 @@
 			);
 			runOnlyForDeploymentPostprocessing = 0;
 			shellPath = /bin/sh;
-			shellScript = "set -o errexit\nexport NODE_BINARY=\"node\"\nexport NODE_ARGS=\" --max-old-space-size=16384 \"\n\nbash -x ../node_modules/react-native/scripts/react-native-xcode.sh > ./react-native-xcode.log 2>&1";
+			shellScript = "set -o errexit\nexport NODE_BINARY=\"node\"\nexport NODE_ARGS=\" --openssl-legacy-provider --max-old-space-size=16384 \"\n\nbash -x ../node_modules/react-native/scripts/react-native-xcode.sh > ./react-native-xcode.log 2>&1";
 		};
 		0F876BD5356F61BF142A01A0 /* [CP] Check Pods Manifest.lock */ = {
 			isa = PBXShellScriptBuildPhase;
@@ -584,7 +584,7 @@
 			);
 			runOnlyForDeploymentPostprocessing = 0;
 			shellPath = /bin/sh;
-			shellScript = "set -o errexit\nexport NODE_BINARY=\"node\"\nexport NODE_ARGS=\" --max-old-space-size=16384 \"\n\nbash -x ../node_modules/react-native/scripts/react-native-xcode.sh > ./react-native-xcode.log 2>&1";
+			shellScript = "set -o errexit\nexport NODE_BINARY=\"node\"\nexport NODE_ARGS=\" --openssl-legacy-provider --max-old-space-size=16384 \"\n\nbash -x ../node_modules/react-native/scripts/react-native-xcode.sh > ./react-native-xcode.log 2>&1";
 		};
 		3AAD2AD724A3A60E0075D594 /* Run Script */ = {
 			isa = PBXShellScriptBuildPhase;
diff --git a/nix/mobile/ios/shells/nodejs.nix b/nix/mobile/ios/shells/nodejs.nix
index 3ce093373d..49159a437e 100644
--- a/nix/mobile/ios/shells/nodejs.nix
+++ b/nix/mobile/ios/shells/nodejs.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 { mkShell, deps }:
 
 mkShell {
+  # Fix for ERR_OSSL_EVP_UNSUPPORTED error.
+  NODE_OPTIONS = "--openssl-legacy-provider";
+
   # check if node modules changed and if so install them
   shellHook = ''
     export STATUS_MOBILE_HOME=$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)