diff --git a/src/httperf.c b/src/httperf.c
index 4745d1e..3a17e14 100755
--- a/src/httperf.c
+++ b/src/httperf.c
@@ -1045,8 +1045,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
                     case 3: 
 #if (OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER >= 0x10100000L)
                     ssl_ctx = SSL_CTX_new (TLS_client_method ());
-                    SSL_CTX_set_options(ssl_ctx, SSL_OP_NO_SSLv2 | SSL_OP_NO_TLSv1 | SSL_OP_NO_TLSv1_1 | SSL_OP_NO_TLSv1_2);
-break;
+		    SSL_CTX_set_min_proto_version(ssl_ctx, SSL3_VERSION);
+		    SSL_CTX_set_max_proto_version(ssl_ctx, SSL3_VERSION);
+		    break;
 #else
                     ssl_ctx = SSL_CTX_new (SSLv3_client_method ()); break;
 #endif