diff --git a/src/ssl/ssl_openssl_impl.cpp b/src/ssl/ssl_openssl_impl.cpp
index 29d26ef51..3b1124378 100644
--- a/src/ssl/ssl_openssl_impl.cpp
+++ b/src/ssl/ssl_openssl_impl.cpp
@@ -539,8 +539,10 @@ OpenSslContext::OpenSslContext()
     , trusted_store_(X509_STORE_new()) {
   SSL_CTX_set_cert_store(ssl_ctx_, trusted_store_);
   SSL_CTX_set_verify(ssl_ctx_, SSL_VERIFY_NONE, ssl_no_verify_callback);
+#if (OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER >= 0x10100000L)
   // Limit to TLS 1.2 for now. TLS 1.3 has broken the handshake code.
   SSL_CTX_set_max_proto_version(ssl_ctx_, TLS1_2_VERSION);
+#endif
 #if DEBUG_SSL
   SSL_CTX_set_info_callback(ssl_ctx_, ssl_info_callback);
 #endif