diff --git a/lib/ssluse.c b/lib/ssluse.c
index 5c6e7302521c35e17936faf875d0c12eafad5cec..2365d52832cfc817f3cf361b24a7848d7d6ff6c3 100644
--- a/lib/ssluse.c
+++ b/lib/ssluse.c
@@ -637,6 +637,9 @@ int Curl_ossl_init(void)
   SSL_load_error_strings();
 
   /* Init the global ciphers and digests */
+  if(!SSLeay_add_ssl_algorithms())
+    return 0;
+
   OpenSSL_add_all_algorithms();
 
   return 1;