diff --git a/src/ssl.c b/src/ssl.c
index 61e7d26c5..a01ea5258 100644
--- a/src/ssl.c
+++ b/src/ssl.c
@@ -248,13 +248,14 @@ SSL_CTX *init_ctx_client(void)
 {
 SSL_CTX *ctx_client;
 
-	ctx_client = SSL_CTX_new(SSLv3_client_method());
+	ctx_client = SSL_CTX_new(SSLv23_client_method());
 	if (!ctx_client)
 	{
 		mylog("Failed to do SSL CTX new client");
 		return NULL;
 	}
 	SSL_CTX_set_default_passwd_cb(ctx_client, ssl_pem_passwd_cb);
+	SSL_CTX_set_options(ctx_server, SSL_OP_NO_SSLv2);
 	SSL_CTX_set_session_cache_mode(ctx_client, SSL_SESS_CACHE_OFF);
 	if (SSL_CTX_use_certificate_file(ctx_client, SSL_SERVER_CERT_PEM, SSL_FILETYPE_PEM) <= 0)
 	{