diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 6fddf13aee7009b6030053a185a041bc6672ccc9..0fcb6495cac467364148cd53367ec23629400d56 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -410,6 +410,23 @@ else
     dnl SSL libs NOTE: it is important to do this AFTER the crypto lib
     AC_CHECK_LIB(ssl, SSL_connect)
 
+    if test "$ac_cv_lib_ssl_SSL_connect" != yes; then
+        dnl we didn't find the SSL lib, try the RSAglue/rsaref stuff
+        AC_MSG_CHECKING(for ssl with RSAglue/rsaref libs in use);
+        OLIBS=$LIBS
+        LIBS="$LIBS -lRSAglue -lrsaref"
+        AC_CHECK_LIB(ssl, SSL_connect)
+        if test "$ac_cv_lib_ssl_SSL_connect" != yes; then
+            dnl still no SSL_connect
+            AC_MSG_RESULT(no)
+            LIBS=$OLIBS
+        else
+            AC_MSG_RESULT(yes)
+        fi
+    fi
+
+
+
     dnl Check for SSLeay headers
     AC_CHECK_HEADERS(openssl/x509.h openssl/rsa.h openssl/crypto.h openssl/pem.h openssl/ssl.h openssl/err.h)