diff --git a/lib/vtls/openssl.c b/lib/vtls/openssl.c
index 7a21c737a06cda2f12733360f77836d1b022e308..bc22bb888bf860c79a37feb9d8fddc0e53599cdf 100644
--- a/lib/vtls/openssl.c
+++ b/lib/vtls/openssl.c
@@ -1551,6 +1551,7 @@ ossl_connect_step1(struct connectdata *conn,
 
   switch(data->set.ssl.version) {
   case CURL_SSLVERSION_DEFAULT:
+  case CURL_SSLVERSION_SSLv3:
     ctx_options |= SSL_OP_NO_SSLv2;
 #ifdef USE_TLS_SRP
     if(data->set.ssl.authtype == CURL_TLSAUTH_SRP) {