diff --git a/src/context.c b/src/context.c
index 5bd757d..c8f81c0 100644
--- a/src/context.c
+++ b/src/context.c
@@ -94,7 +94,9 @@ static int set_option_flag(const char *opt, unsigned long *flag)
 static LSEC_SSL_METHOD* str2method(const char *method)
 {
   if (!strcmp(method, "sslv23"))  return SSLv23_method();
+#ifndef OPENSSL_NO_SSL3
   if (!strcmp(method, "sslv3"))   return SSLv3_method();
+#endif
   if (!strcmp(method, "tlsv1"))   return TLSv1_method();
 #if (OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER >= 0x1000100fL)
   if (!strcmp(method, "tlsv1_1")) return TLSv1_1_method();