diff --git a/src/context.c b/src/context.c
index e39d38f..1c1c148 100644
--- a/src/context.c
+++ b/src/context.c
@@ -35,6 +35,9 @@ typedef const SSL_METHOD LSEC_SSL_METHOD;
 typedef       SSL_METHOD LSEC_SSL_METHOD;
 #endif
 
+#if OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER>=0x10100000L && !defined(LIBRESSL_VERSION_NUMBER)
+#define SSLv23_method() TLS_method()
+#endif
 
 /*-- Compat - Lua 5.1 --------------------------------------------------------*/
 
@@ -93,10 +96,8 @@ static int set_option_flag(const char *opt, unsigned long *flag)
  */
 static LSEC_SSL_METHOD* str2method(const char *method)
 {
-#if OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER>=0x10100000L && !defined(LIBRESSL_VERSION_NUMBER)
-#define SSLv23_method TLS_method
-#endif
-  if (!strcmp(method, "any"))  return SSLv23_method();
+  if (!strcmp(method, "any"))     return SSLv23_method();
+  if (!strcmp(method, "sslv23"))  return SSLv23_method();  // deprecated
 #ifndef OPENSSL_NO_SSL3
   if (!strcmp(method, "sslv3"))   return SSLv3_method();
 #endif