diff --git a/ext/openssl/xp_ssl.c b/ext/openssl/xp_ssl.c
index 43d89783598..efff50625f0 100644
--- a/ext/openssl/xp_ssl.c
+++ b/ext/openssl/xp_ssl.c
@@ -329,9 +329,14 @@ static inline int php_openssl_setup_crypto(php_stream *stream,
 			method = SSLv23_client_method();
 			break;
 		case STREAM_CRYPTO_METHOD_SSLv2_CLIENT:
+#ifdef OPENSSL_NO_SSL2
+            php_error_docref(NULL TSRMLS_CC, E_WARNING, "SSLv2 support is not compiled in openSSL");
+            return -1;
+#else
 			sslsock->is_client = 1;
 			method = SSLv2_client_method();
 			break;
+#endif
 		case STREAM_CRYPTO_METHOD_SSLv3_CLIENT:
 			sslsock->is_client = 1;
 			method = SSLv3_client_method();
@@ -349,9 +354,14 @@ static inline int php_openssl_setup_crypto(php_stream *stream,
 			method = SSLv3_server_method();
 			break;
 		case STREAM_CRYPTO_METHOD_SSLv2_SERVER:
+#ifdef OPENSSL_NO_SSL2
+            php_error_docref(NULL TSRMLS_CC, E_WARNING, "SSLv2 support is not compiled in openSSL");
+            return -1;
+#else
 			sslsock->is_client = 0;
 			method = SSLv2_server_method();
 			break;
+#endif
 		case STREAM_CRYPTO_METHOD_TLS_SERVER:
 			sslsock->is_client = 0;
 			method = TLSv1_server_method();