diff --git a/src/ssl.c b/src/ssl.c
index 884edc7..c39ae3f 100644
--- a/src/ssl.c
+++ b/src/ssl.c
@@ -400,24 +400,29 @@ static int meth_want(lua_State *L)
   }
   return 1;
 }
-  
+
 /**
  * Return the compression method used.
  */
 static int meth_compression(lua_State *L)
 {
-  const COMP_METHOD *comp;
   p_ssl ssl = (p_ssl)luaL_checkudata(L, 1, "SSL:Connection");
   if (ssl->state != LSEC_STATE_CONNECTED) {
     lua_pushnil(L);
     lua_pushstring(L, "closed");
     return 2;
   }
+
+#if !defined(OPENSSL_NO_COMP)
+  const COMP_METHOD *comp;
   comp = SSL_get_current_compression(ssl->ssl);
   if (comp)
     lua_pushstring(L, SSL_COMP_get_name(comp));
   else
     lua_pushnil(L);
+#else
+  lua_pushnil(L);
+#endif
   return 1;
 }