diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 107daba04e..a211094ec3 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -690,6 +690,23 @@ find_package(OpenSSL REQUIRED)
 include_directories(${OPENSSL_INCLUDE_DIR})
 add_definitions(-DARANGODB_OPENSSL_VERSION=\"${OPENSSL_VERSION}\")
 
+if (OPENSSL_VERSION)
+  string(REPLACE "." ";" OPENSSL_VERSION_LIST ${OPENSSL_VERSION})
+  list(GET OPENSSL_VERSION_LIST 0 OPENSSL_VERSION_MAJOR)
+  list(GET OPENSSL_VERSION_LIST 1 OPENSSL_VERSION_MINOR)
+  if ("${OPENSSL_VERSION_MAJOR}" GREATER 0 AND "${OPENSSL_VERSION_MINOR}" GREATER 0)
+    option(USE_OPENSSL_NO_SSL2
+      "do not use OPENSSL_NO_SSL2"
+      ON
+    )
+  else ()
+    option(USE_OPENSSL_NO_SSL2
+      "do not use OPENSSL_NO_SSL2"
+      OFF
+    )
+  endif ()
+endif ()
+
 if (USE_OPENSSL_NO_SSL2)
   add_definitions(-DOPENSSL_NO_SSL2)
 endif ()