diff --git a/openssl.c b/openssl.c
index 9d1eaf4..b5db2a8 100644
--- a/openssl.c
+++ b/openssl.c
@@ -229,9 +229,16 @@ ssl_select_method(const char *uhp)
 					"Unsupported SSL method \"%s\"\n"), cp);
 			method = SSLv23_client_method();
 #endif
-		} else if (equal(cp, "ssl3"))
+		} else if (equal(cp, "ssl3")) {
+#ifndef OPENSSL_NO_SSL3_METHOD
 			method = SSLv3_client_method();
-		else if (equal(cp, "tls1"))
+#else
+	/* no SSLv3 support */
+			fprintf(stderr, catgets(catd, CATSET, 244,
+					"Unsupported SSL method \"%s\"\n"), cp);
+			method = SSLv23_client_method();
+#endif
+		} else if (equal(cp, "tls1"))
 			method = TLSv1_client_method();
 		else {
 			fprintf(stderr, catgets(catd, CATSET, 244,