diff --git a/configure b/configure
index a461afffb2fe0..83cdc390eaab9 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -12477,7 +12477,11 @@ fi
 fi
 
 if test "$with_openssl" = yes ; then
-    if test "$PORTNAME" != "win32"; then
+    # Minimum required OpenSSL version is 1.0.1
+
+$as_echo "#define OPENSSL_API_COMPAT 0x10001000L" >>confdefs.h
+
+  if test "$PORTNAME" != "win32"; then
      { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for CRYPTO_new_ex_data in -lcrypto" >&5
 $as_echo_n "checking for CRYPTO_new_ex_data in -lcrypto... " >&6; }
 if ${ac_cv_lib_crypto_CRYPTO_new_ex_data+:} false; then :
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 48ea9ad17e5a9..85faa1e91bcbd 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -1258,6 +1258,9 @@ fi
 
 if test "$with_openssl" = yes ; then
   dnl Order matters!
+  # Minimum required OpenSSL version is 1.0.1
+  AC_DEFINE(OPENSSL_API_COMPAT, [0x10001000L],
+            [Define to the OpenSSL API version in use. This avoids deprecation warnings from newer OpenSSL versions.])
   if test "$PORTNAME" != "win32"; then
      AC_CHECK_LIB(crypto, CRYPTO_new_ex_data, [], [AC_MSG_ERROR([library 'crypto' is required for OpenSSL])])
      AC_CHECK_LIB(ssl,    SSL_new, [], [AC_MSG_ERROR([library 'ssl' is required for OpenSSL])])
diff --git a/src/include/pg_config.h.in b/src/include/pg_config.h.in
index 745cca5b05019..13fc4e0db6269 100644
--- a/src/include/pg_config.h.in
+++ b/src/include/pg_config.h.in
@@ -758,6 +758,10 @@
 /* Define bytes to use libc memset(). */
 #undef MEMSET_LOOP_LIMIT
 
+/* Define to the OpenSSL API version in use. This avoids deprecation warnings
+   from newer OpenSSL versions. */
+#undef OPENSSL_API_COMPAT
+
 /* Define to the address where bug reports for this package should be sent. */
 #undef PACKAGE_BUGREPORT
 
diff --git a/src/tools/msvc/Solution.pm b/src/tools/msvc/Solution.pm
index 54537411aba11..78328e1fac0d6 100644
--- a/src/tools/msvc/Solution.pm
+++ b/src/tools/msvc/Solution.pm
@@ -152,6 +152,8 @@ sub GenerateFiles
 	my $package_bugreport;
 	my $package_url;
 	my ($majorver, $minorver);
+	my $ac_define_openssl_api_compat_found = 0;
+	my $openssl_api_compat;
 
 	# Parse configure.in to get version numbers
 	open(my $c, '<', "configure.in")
@@ -176,10 +178,15 @@ sub GenerateFiles
 			$majorver = sprintf("%d", $1);
 			$minorver = sprintf("%d", $2 ? $2 : 0);
 		}
+		elsif (/\bAC_DEFINE\(OPENSSL_API_COMPAT, \[([0-9xL]+)\]/)
+		{
+			$ac_define_openssl_api_compat_found = 1;
+			$openssl_api_compat = $1;
+		}
 	}
 	close($c);
 	confess "Unable to parse configure.in for all variables!"
-	  unless $ac_init_found;
+	  unless $ac_init_found && $ac_define_openssl_api_compat_found;
 
 	if (IsNewer("src/include/pg_config_os.h", "src/include/port/win32.h"))
 	{
@@ -436,6 +443,7 @@ sub GenerateFiles
 		LOCALE_T_IN_XLOCALE                      => undef,
 		MAXIMUM_ALIGNOF                          => 8,
 		MEMSET_LOOP_LIMIT                        => 1024,
+		OPENSSL_API_COMPAT                       => $openssl_api_compat,
 		PACKAGE_BUGREPORT                        => qq{"$package_bugreport"},
 		PACKAGE_NAME                             => qq{"$package_name"},
 		PACKAGE_STRING      => qq{"$package_name $package_version"},