diff --git a/src/ChangeLog b/src/ChangeLog
index 8c58aeeb..a40a5a64 100644
--- a/src/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2014-11-10  Tim Ruehsen  <tim.ruehsen@gmx.de>
+
+	* openssl.c: Fix compile-time check for TLSv1.1 and TLSv1.2
+
+	Reported-by: Velemas Vosak <velemas@gmail.com>
+
 2014-11-06  Tim Ruehsen  <tim.ruehsen@gmx.de>
 
 	* init.c, main.c, options.h: added new option --crl-file
diff --git a/src/openssl.c b/src/openssl.c
index edffe41a..6685ee7c 100644
--- a/src/openssl.c
+++ b/src/openssl.c
@@ -220,13 +220,20 @@ ssl_init (void)
     case secure_protocol_tlsv1:
       meth = TLSv1_client_method ();
       break;
-#if OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER >= 0x01001000
+#if OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER >= 0x10001000
     case secure_protocol_tlsv1_1:
       meth = TLSv1_1_client_method ();
       break;
     case secure_protocol_tlsv1_2:
       meth = TLSv1_2_client_method ();
       break;
+#else
+    case secure_protocol_tlsv1_1:
+		logprintf (LOG_NOTQUIET, _("Your OpenSSL version is too old to support TLSv1.1\n"));
+		goto error;
+    case secure_protocol_tlsv1_2:
+		logprintf (LOG_NOTQUIET, _("Your OpenSSL version is too old to support TLSv1.2\n"));
+		goto error;
 #endif
     default:
       abort ();