diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index b50919ad8..067e0bbf0 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ bumpversion:
 # is just a symlink to your actual ABC working directory, as 'make mrproper'
 # will remove the 'abc' directory and you do not want to accidentally
 # delete your work on ABC..
-ABCREV = 4e89fc7
+ABCREV = 7cc11f7
 ABCPULL = 1
 ABCURL ?= https://github.com/YosysHQ/abc
 ABCMKARGS = CC="$(CXX)" CXX="$(CXX)" ABC_USE_LIBSTDCXX=1 ABC_USE_NAMESPACE=abc VERBOSE=$(Q)
@@ -199,11 +199,16 @@ endif
 
 endif
 
+ABC_ARCHFLAGS = ""
+ifeq ($(OS), OpenBSD)
+ABC_ARCHFLAGS += "-DABC_NO_RLIMIT"
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(CONFIG),clang)
 CXX = clang
 LD = clang++
 CXXFLAGS += -std=$(CXXSTD) -Os
-ABCMKARGS += ARCHFLAGS="-DABC_USE_STDINT_H -Wno-c++11-narrowing"
+ABCMKARGS += ARCHFLAGS="-DABC_USE_STDINT_H -Wno-c++11-narrowing $(ABC_ARCHFLAGS)"
 
 ifneq ($(SANITIZER),)
 $(info [Clang Sanitizer] $(SANITIZER))
@@ -226,7 +231,7 @@ else ifeq ($(CONFIG),gcc)
 CXX = gcc
 LD = gcc
 CXXFLAGS += -std=$(CXXSTD) -Os
-ABCMKARGS += ARCHFLAGS="-DABC_USE_STDINT_H"
+ABCMKARGS += ARCHFLAGS="-DABC_USE_STDINT_H $(ABC_ARCHFLAGS)"
 
 else ifeq ($(CONFIG),gcc-static)
 LD = $(CXX)
diff --git a/kernel/driver.cc b/kernel/driver.cc
index f8f940e89..e52e1fb0e 100644
--- a/kernel/driver.cc
+++ b/kernel/driver.cc
@@ -192,6 +192,13 @@ void yosys_atexit()
 #endif
 }
 
+#if defined(__OpenBSD__)
+namespace Yosys {
+extern char *yosys_argv0;
+extern char yosys_path[PATH_MAX];
+};
+#endif
+
 int main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
 	std::string frontend_command = "auto";
@@ -498,6 +505,12 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 	if (print_stats)
 		log_hasher = new SHA1;
 
+#if defined(__OpenBSD__)
+	// save the executable origin for proc_self_dirname()
+	yosys_argv0 = argv[0];
+	realpath(yosys_argv0, yosys_path);
+#endif
+
 #if defined(__linux__)
 	// set stack size to >= 128 MB
 	{
diff --git a/kernel/yosys.cc b/kernel/yosys.cc
index c532115d8..11df235e4 100644
--- a/kernel/yosys.cc
+++ b/kernel/yosys.cc
@@ -871,6 +871,35 @@ std::string proc_self_dirname()
 {
 	return "/";
 }
+#elif defined(__OpenBSD__)
+char yosys_path[PATH_MAX];
+char *yosys_argv0;
+
+std::string proc_self_dirname(void)
+{
+	char buf[PATH_MAX + 1] = "", *path, *p;
+	// if case argv[0] contains a valid path, return it
+	if (strlen(yosys_path) > 0) {
+		p = strrchr(yosys_path, '/');
+		snprintf(buf, sizeof buf, "%*s/", (int)(yosys_path - p), yosys_path);
+		return buf;
+	}
+	// if argv[0] does not, reconstruct the path out of $PATH
+	path = strdup(getenv("PATH"));
+	if (!path)
+		log_error("getenv(\"PATH\") failed: %s\n",  strerror(errno));
+	for (p = strtok(path, ":"); p; p = strtok(NULL, ":")) {
+		snprintf(buf, sizeof buf, "%s/%s", p, yosys_argv0);
+		if (access(buf, X_OK) == 0) {
+			*(strrchr(buf, '/') + 1) = '\0';
+			free(path);
+			return buf;
+		}
+	}
+	free(path);
+	log_error("Can't determine yosys executable path\n.");
+	return NULL;
+}
 #else
 	#error "Don't know how to determine process executable base path!"
 #endif