diff --git a/common/network/websocket.c b/common/network/websocket.c
index 3bc3b7f..6585402 100644
--- a/common/network/websocket.c
+++ b/common/network/websocket.c
@@ -160,12 +160,14 @@ ws_ctx_t *ws_socket_ssl(ws_ctx_t *ctx, int socket, char * certfile, char * keyfi
 
     }
 
-    ctx->ssl_ctx = SSL_CTX_new(TLSv1_server_method());
+    ctx->ssl_ctx = SSL_CTX_new(SSLv23_server_method());
     if (ctx->ssl_ctx == NULL) {
         ERR_print_errors_fp(stderr);
         fatal("Failed to configure SSL context");
     }
 
+    SSL_CTX_set_options(ctx->ssl_ctx, SSL_OP_NO_SSLv2 | SSL_OP_NO_SSLv3);
+
     if (SSL_CTX_use_PrivateKey_file(ctx->ssl_ctx, use_keyfile,
                                     SSL_FILETYPE_PEM) <= 0) {
         sprintf(msg, "Unable to load private key file %s\n", use_keyfile);