diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 8fad621de..3f6b75221 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ ACX_PTHREAD
 
 AC_SEARCH_LIBS([socket], [socket net])
 AC_SEARCH_LIBS([gethostbyname], [nsl bind])
-PKG_CHECK_MODULES(OPENSSL, [openssl >= 0.9.8])
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES(OPENSSL, [openssl >= 0.9.4])
 
 dnl ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 dnl