diff --git a/Changelog b/Changelog
index b06c5a4..8b441a8 100644
--- a/Changelog
+++ b/Changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+2019-07-21:
+- fixed: compile will work with older versions of SSL.
+
 2019-05-05:
 - added SSLSocket support. SSL.Connect (TCP.GetSocket())
   it supports as well as non blocking connections with a defined timeout.
diff --git a/ssl.cc b/ssl.cc
index bb25c04..e6302c6 100644
--- a/ssl.cc
+++ b/ssl.cc
@@ -53,9 +53,11 @@ int SSLSocket::NewServerCTX() {
 
 	if (ctx) SSL_CTX_free(ctx);
 	ctx = NULL;
-
+#ifdef SSLv23_method
 	ctx = SSL_CTX_new(TLS_server_method());
-
+#else
+	ctx = SSL_CTX_new(TLSv1_2_server_method());
+#endif
 	if (SSL_CTX_use_certificate_file(ctx, certfile.c_str(), SSL_FILETYPE_PEM) <= 0 ) {
         ERR_print_errors_fp(stderr);
         if (ctx) SSL_CTX_free(ctx);
@@ -86,7 +88,11 @@ int SSLSocket::NewServerCTX() {
 int SSLSocket::NewClientCTX() {
 	if (ctx) SSL_CTX_free(ctx);
 	ctx = NULL;
+#ifdef SSLv23_method
 	ctx = SSL_CTX_new(TLS_client_method());
+#else
+	ctx = SSL_CTX_new(TLSv1_2_client_method());
+#endif
 	return 1;
 };
 
diff --git a/test-ssl.cc b/test-ssl.cc
index 182614b..20b345e 100644
--- a/test-ssl.cc
+++ b/test-ssl.cc
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 
 #define DEFAULT_PORT 12345
 
-
 void server () {
 	TCP tcpserver;
 	TCP *connection;