diff --git a/src/event/ngx_event_openssl.c b/src/event/ngx_event_openssl.c
index 93d3f651b..5e25b0156 100644
--- a/src/event/ngx_event_openssl.c
+++ b/src/event/ngx_event_openssl.c
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ ngx_ssl_init(ngx_log_t *log)
 
     OpenSSL_add_all_algorithms();
 
+#if OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER >= 0x0090800fL
 #ifndef SSL_OP_NO_COMPRESSION
     {
     /*
@@ -110,6 +111,7 @@ ngx_ssl_init(ngx_log_t *log)
         (void) sk_SSL_COMP_pop(ssl_comp_methods);
     }
     }
+#endif
 #endif
 
     ngx_ssl_connection_index = SSL_get_ex_new_index(0, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL);