--- a/ext/openssl/xp_ssl.c
+++ b/ext/openssl/xp_ssl.c
@@ -339,9 +339,14 @@
 			break;
 #endif
 		case STREAM_CRYPTO_METHOD_SSLv3_CLIENT:
+#ifdef OPENSSL_NO_SSL3
+		php_error_docref(NULL TSRMLS_CC, E_WARNING, "SSLv3 support is not compiled into the OpenSSL library PHP is linked against");
+		return -1;
+#else            
 			sslsock->is_client = 1;
 			method = SSLv3_client_method();
 			break;
+#endif
 		case STREAM_CRYPTO_METHOD_TLS_CLIENT:
 			sslsock->is_client = 1;
 			method = TLSv1_client_method();
@@ -351,9 +356,14 @@
 			method = SSLv23_server_method();
 			break;
 		case STREAM_CRYPTO_METHOD_SSLv3_SERVER:
+#ifdef OPENSSL_NO_SSL3
+		php_error_docref(NULL TSRMLS_CC, E_WARNING, "SSLv3 support is not compiled into the OpenSSL library PHP is linked against");
+		return -1;
+#else            
 			sslsock->is_client = 0;
 			method = SSLv3_server_method();
 			break;
+#endif
 		case STREAM_CRYPTO_METHOD_SSLv2_SERVER:
 #ifdef OPENSSL_NO_SSL2
 			php_error_docref(NULL TSRMLS_CC, E_WARNING, "SSLv2 support is not compiled into the OpenSSL library PHP is linked against");
@@ -949,8 +959,13 @@
 		sslsock->method = STREAM_CRYPTO_METHOD_SSLv2_CLIENT;
 #endif
 	} else if (strncmp(proto, "sslv3", protolen) == 0) {
+#ifdef OPENSSL_NO_SSL3
+		php_error_docref(NULL TSRMLS_CC, E_WARNING, "SSLv3 support is not compiled into the OpenSSL library PHP is linked against");
+		return NULL;
+#else
 		sslsock->enable_on_connect = 1;
 		sslsock->method = STREAM_CRYPTO_METHOD_SSLv3_CLIENT;
+#endif
 	} else if (strncmp(proto, "tls", protolen) == 0) {
 		sslsock->enable_on_connect = 1;
 		sslsock->method = STREAM_CRYPTO_METHOD_TLS_CLIENT;