diff --git a/autoconf/m4/unreal.m4 b/autoconf/m4/unreal.m4
index e3eac1b52..5263d7899 100644
--- a/autoconf/m4/unreal.m4
+++ b/autoconf/m4/unreal.m4
@@ -181,3 +181,23 @@ AS_IF([test $enable_ssl != "no"],
 	fi
 	])
 ])
+
+AC_DEFUN([CHECK_SSL_CTX_SET1_CURVES_LIST],
+[
+AC_MSG_CHECKING([for SSL_CTX_set1_curves_list in SSL library])
+AC_LANG_PUSH(C)
+SAVE_LIBS="$LIBS"
+LIBS="$LIBS $CRYPTOLIB"
+AC_TRY_LINK([#include <openssl/ssl.h>],
+	[SSL_CTX *ctx = NULL; SSL_CTX_set1_curves_list(ctx, "test");],
+	has_curves=1,
+	has_curves=0)
+LIBS="$SAVE_LIBS"
+AC_LANG_POP(C)
+if test $has_curves = 1; then
+	AC_MSG_RESULT([yes])
+	AC_DEFINE([HAS_SSL_CTX_SET1_CURVES_LIST], [], [Define if ssl library has SSL_CTX_set1_curves_list])
+else
+	AC_MSG_RESULT([no])
+fi
+])
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index b6608d553..b61cc23c3 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -7306,6 +7306,53 @@ $as_echo "not found" >&6; }
 
 fi
 
+
+{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for SSL_CTX_set1_curves_list in SSL library" >&5
+$as_echo_n "checking for SSL_CTX_set1_curves_list in SSL library... " >&6; }
+ac_ext=c
+ac_cpp='$CPP $CPPFLAGS'
+ac_compile='$CC -c $CFLAGS $CPPFLAGS conftest.$ac_ext >&5'
+ac_link='$CC -o conftest$ac_exeext $CFLAGS $CPPFLAGS $LDFLAGS conftest.$ac_ext $LIBS >&5'
+ac_compiler_gnu=$ac_cv_c_compiler_gnu
+
+SAVE_LIBS="$LIBS"
+LIBS="$LIBS $CRYPTOLIB"
+cat confdefs.h - <<_ACEOF >conftest.$ac_ext
+/* end confdefs.h.  */
+#include <openssl/ssl.h>
+int
+main ()
+{
+SSL_CTX *ctx = NULL; SSL_CTX_set1_curves_list(ctx, "test");
+  ;
+  return 0;
+}
+_ACEOF
+if ac_fn_c_try_link "$LINENO"; then :
+  has_curves=1
+else
+  has_curves=0
+fi
+rm -f core conftest.err conftest.$ac_objext \
+    conftest$ac_exeext conftest.$ac_ext
+LIBS="$SAVE_LIBS"
+ac_ext=c
+ac_cpp='$CPP $CPPFLAGS'
+ac_compile='$CC -c $CFLAGS $CPPFLAGS conftest.$ac_ext >&5'
+ac_link='$CC -o conftest$ac_exeext $CFLAGS $CPPFLAGS $LDFLAGS conftest.$ac_ext $LIBS >&5'
+ac_compiler_gnu=$ac_cv_c_compiler_gnu
+
+if test $has_curves = 1; then
+	{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: yes" >&5
+$as_echo "yes" >&6; }
+
+$as_echo "#define HAS_SSL_CTX_SET1_CURVES_LIST /**/" >>confdefs.h
+
+else
+	{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: no" >&5
+$as_echo "no" >&6; }
+fi
+
 # Check whether --enable-dynamic-linking was given.
 if test "${enable_dynamic_linking+set}" = set; then :
   enableval=$enable_dynamic_linking; enable_dynamic_linking=$enableval
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 88eef6ac1..f847e9777 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -692,6 +692,7 @@ AC_ARG_WITH(system-tre, [AS_HELP_STRING([--with-system-tre], [Use the system tre
 AC_ARG_WITH(system-pcre2, [AS_HELP_STRING([--with-system-pcre2], [Use the system pcre2 package instead of bundled, discovered using pkg-config])], [], [with_system_pcre2=no])
 AC_ARG_WITH(system-cares, [AS_HELP_STRING([--without-system-cares], [Use bundled version instead of system c-ares. Normally autodetected via pkg-config.])], [], [with_system_cares=yes])
 CHECK_SSL
+CHECK_SSL_CTX_SET1_CURVES_LIST
 AC_ARG_ENABLE(dynamic-linking, [AS_HELP_STRING([--disable-dynamic-linking], [Make the IRCd statically link with shared objects rather than dynamically (noone knows if disabling dynamic linking actually does anything or not)])],
 	[enable_dynamic_linking=$enableval], [enable_dynamic_linking="yes"])
 AS_IF([test $enable_dynamic_linking = "yes"],
diff --git a/include/setup.h.in b/include/setup.h.in
index fc98b2076..f3e5401cd 100644
--- a/include/setup.h.in
+++ b/include/setup.h.in
@@ -43,6 +43,9 @@
 /* Define if you have strcasecmp */
 #undef GOT_STRCASECMP
 
+/* Define if ssl library has SSL_CTX_set1_curves_list */
+#undef HAS_SSL_CTX_SET1_CURVES_LIST
+
 /* Define to 1 if you have the `bcmp' function. */
 #undef HAVE_BCMP
 
diff --git a/src/s_conf.c b/src/s_conf.c
index b21ee01b7..160250b8e 100644
--- a/src/s_conf.c
+++ b/src/s_conf.c
@@ -7039,7 +7039,7 @@ void test_sslblock(ConfigFile *conf, ConfigEntry *cep, int *totalerrors)
 		else if (!strcmp(cepp->ce_varname, "ecdh-curves"))
 		{
 			CheckNull(cepp);
-#if OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER < 0x10002000L
+#ifndef HAS_SSL_CTX_SET1_CURVES_LIST
 			config_error("ecdh-curves specified but your OpenSSL/LibreSSL library does not "
 			             "support setting curves manually by name. Either upgrade to a "
 			             "newer library version or remove the 'ecdh-curves' directive "
diff --git a/src/ssl.c b/src/ssl.c
index 0b83d9b0b..85e7be898 100644
--- a/src/ssl.c
+++ b/src/ssl.c
@@ -386,7 +386,7 @@ SSL_CTX *init_ctx(SSLOptions *ssloptions, int server)
 	{
 		if (ssloptions->ecdh_curves)
 		{
-#if OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER >= 0x10002000L
+#ifdef HAS_SSL_CTX_SET1_CURVES_LIST
 			if (!SSL_CTX_set1_curves_list(ctx, ssloptions->ecdh_curves))
 			{
 				config_warn("Failed to set ecdh-curves '%s'. "