diff --git a/src/ChangeLog b/src/ChangeLog
index df910136..bbc67352 100644
--- a/src/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2012-12-20  Tim Ruehsen  <tim.ruehsen@gmx.de>
+
+	* gnutls.c (ssl_connect_wget): added +VERS-SSL3.0 to fix
+	--secure-protocol=SSLv2/SSLv3.
+
 2012-12-09  Giuseppe Scrivano  <gscrivano@gnu.org>
 
 	* main.c (main): Keep looking for "config" until there are
diff --git a/src/gnutls.c b/src/gnutls.c
index af0b697d..769b0059 100644
--- a/src/gnutls.c
+++ b/src/gnutls.c
@@ -401,7 +401,7 @@ ssl_connect_wget (int fd, const char *hostname)
       break;
     case secure_protocol_sslv2:
     case secure_protocol_sslv3:
-      err = gnutls_priority_set_direct (session, "NORMAL:-VERS-TLS-ALL", NULL);
+      err = gnutls_priority_set_direct (session, "NORMAL:-VERS-TLS-ALL:+VERS-SSL3.0", NULL);
       break;
     case secure_protocol_tlsv1:
       err = gnutls_priority_set_direct (session, "NORMAL:-VERS-SSL3.0", NULL);