diff --git a/cmake/ssl.cmake b/cmake/ssl.cmake
index b699a3b493f..74d61b582ea 100644
--- a/cmake/ssl.cmake
+++ b/cmake/ssl.cmake
@@ -167,6 +167,20 @@ MACRO (MYSQL_CHECK_SSL)
     SET(CMAKE_REQUIRED_INCLUDES)
     IF(OPENSSL_INCLUDE_DIR AND OPENSSL_LIBRARIES   AND
        CRYPTO_LIBRARY AND HAVE_SHA512_DIGEST_LENGTH)
+      # Verify version number. Version information looks like:
+      #   #define OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER 0x1000103fL
+      # Encoded as MNNFFPPS: major minor fix patch status
+      FILE(STRINGS "${OPENSSL_INCLUDE_DIR}/openssl/opensslv.h"
+        OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER
+        REGEX "^#[\t ]*define[\t ]+OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER[\t ]+0x[0-9].*"
+      )
+      STRING(REGEX REPLACE
+        "^.*OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER[\t ]+0x([0-9]).*$" "\\1"
+        OPENSSL_MAJOR_VERSION "${OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER}"
+      )
+      MESSAGE(STATUS "OPENSSL_MAJOR_VERSION = ${OPENSSL_MAJOR_VERSION}")
+     ENDIF()
+     IF(OPENSSL_MAJOR_VERSION GREATER 0)
       SET(SSL_SOURCES "")
       SET(SSL_LIBRARIES ${OPENSSL_LIBRARIES} ${CRYPTO_LIBRARY})
       IF(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME MATCHES "SunOS")
@@ -176,22 +190,9 @@ MACRO (MYSQL_CHECK_SSL)
         SET(SSL_LIBRARIES ${SSL_LIBRARIES} ${LIBDL})
       ENDIF()
 
-      # Verify version number. Version information looks like:
-      #   #define OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER 0x1000103fL
-      # Encoded as MNNFFPPS: major minor fix patch status
-      FILE(STRINGS "${OPENSSL_INCLUDE_DIR}/openssl/opensslv.h"
-        OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER
-        REGEX "^#define[\t ]+OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER[\t ]+0x[0-9].*"
-      )
-      STRING(REGEX REPLACE
-        "^.*OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER[\t ]+0x([0-9]).*$" "\\1"
-        OPENSSL_MAJOR_VERSION "${OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER}"
-      )
-
       MESSAGE(STATUS "OPENSSL_INCLUDE_DIR = ${OPENSSL_INCLUDE_DIR}")
       MESSAGE(STATUS "OPENSSL_LIBRARIES = ${OPENSSL_LIBRARIES}")
       MESSAGE(STATUS "CRYPTO_LIBRARY = ${CRYPTO_LIBRARY}")
-      MESSAGE(STATUS "OPENSSL_MAJOR_VERSION = ${OPENSSL_MAJOR_VERSION}")
       MESSAGE(STATUS "SSL_LIBRARIES = ${SSL_LIBRARIES}")
       SET(SSL_INCLUDE_DIRS ${OPENSSL_INCLUDE_DIR})
       SET(SSL_INTERNAL_INCLUDE_DIRS "")