diff --git a/debian/patches/10_sslutils_checksslv3 b/debian/patches/10_sslutils_checksslv3
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a38a9cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/patches/10_sslutils_checksslv3
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+From 4e786f83decca053c98293fc4a4a555e4d247c1a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: =?UTF-8?q?J=C3=A9r=C3=A9mie=20Courr=C3=A8ges-Anglas?= <jca@wxcvbn.org>
+Date: Sat, 25 Jul 2015 20:02:14 -0600
+Subject: [PATCH] sslutils: Check if OpenSSL supports SSLv3.
+
+---
+ plugins/sslutils.c | 5 +++++
+ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
+
+diff --git a/plugins/sslutils.c b/plugins/sslutils.c
+index d0ae474..4933dd0 100644
+--- a/plugins/sslutils.c
++++ b/plugins/sslutils.c
+@@ -66,7 +66,12 @@ int np_net_ssl_init_with_hostname_version_and_cert(int sd, char *host_name, int
+ #endif
+ 		break;
+ 	case 3: /* SSLv3 protocol */
++#if defined(OPENSSL_NO_SSL3)
++		printf(("%s\n", _("CRITICAL - SSL protocol version 3 is not supported by your SSL library.")));
++		return STATE_CRITICAL;
++#else
+ 		method = SSLv3_client_method();
++#endif
+ 		break;
+ 	default: /* Unsupported */
+ 		printf("%s\n", _("CRITICAL - Unsupported SSL protocol version."));
diff --git a/debian/patches/series b/debian/patches/series
index de39cb6..b976f43 100644
--- a/debian/patches/series
+++ b/debian/patches/series
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 02_check_icmp_links
 # commited upstream
+10_sslutils_checksslv3