diff --git a/src/ssl_sock.c b/src/ssl_sock.c
index 7f1a07018..2b91eedbe 100644
--- a/src/ssl_sock.c
+++ b/src/ssl_sock.c
@@ -1937,8 +1937,14 @@ int ssl_sock_prepare_ctx(struct bind_conf *bind_conf, SSL_CTX *ctx, struct proxy
 		ssloptions |= SSL_OP_NO_TLSv1_2;
 	if (bind_conf->ssl_options & BC_SSL_O_NO_TLS_TICKETS)
 		ssloptions |= SSL_OP_NO_TICKET;
-	if (bind_conf->ssl_options & BC_SSL_O_USE_SSLV3)
+	if (bind_conf->ssl_options & BC_SSL_O_USE_SSLV3) {
+#ifndef OPENSSL_NO_SSL3
 		SSL_CTX_set_ssl_version(ctx, SSLv3_server_method());
+#else
+		Alert("SSLv3 support requested but unavailable.\n");
+		cfgerr++;
+#endif
+	}
 	if (bind_conf->ssl_options & BC_SSL_O_USE_TLSV10)
 		SSL_CTX_set_ssl_version(ctx, TLSv1_server_method());
 #if SSL_OP_NO_TLSv1_1
@@ -2305,8 +2311,14 @@ int ssl_sock_prepare_srv_ctx(struct server *srv, struct proxy *curproxy)
 		options |= SSL_OP_NO_TLSv1_2;
 	if (srv->ssl_ctx.options & SRV_SSL_O_NO_TLS_TICKETS)
 		options |= SSL_OP_NO_TICKET;
-	if (srv->ssl_ctx.options & SRV_SSL_O_USE_SSLV3)
+	if (srv->ssl_ctx.options & SRV_SSL_O_USE_SSLV3) {
+#ifndef OPENSSL_NO_SSL3
 		SSL_CTX_set_ssl_version(srv->ssl_ctx.ctx, SSLv3_client_method());
+#else
+		Alert("SSLv3 support requested but unavailable.");
+		cfgerr++;
+#endif
+	}
 	if (srv->ssl_ctx.options & SRV_SSL_O_USE_TLSV10)
 		SSL_CTX_set_ssl_version(srv->ssl_ctx.ctx, TLSv1_client_method());
 #if SSL_OP_NO_TLSv1_1