diff --git a/src/ChangeLog b/src/ChangeLog
index 787c9c60..43997f88 100644
--- a/src/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2013-09-13  Tim Ruehsen  <tim.ruehsen@gmx.de>
+
+	* recur.c (download_child_p): fix compile error when
+	  configured using --without-ssl.
+
 2013-09-07  Tim Ruehsen  <tim.ruehsen@gmx.de>
 
 	* gnutls.c (ssl_connect_wget): use gnutls_check_version()
diff --git a/src/recur.c b/src/recur.c
index edf34d42..d32a1b38 100644
--- a/src/recur.c
+++ b/src/recur.c
@@ -526,11 +526,13 @@ download_child_p (const struct urlpos *upos, struct url *parent, int depth,
      More time- and memory- consuming tests should be put later on
      the list.  */
 
+#ifdef HAVE_SSL
   if (opt.https_only && u->scheme != SCHEME_HTTPS)
     {
       DEBUGP (("Not following non-HTTPS links.\n"));
       goto out;
     }
+#endif
 
   /* Determine whether URL under consideration has a HTTP-like scheme. */
   u_scheme_like_http = schemes_are_similar_p (u->scheme, SCHEME_HTTP);