diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index fb9bf546..2bca8ae8 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ fi
 AC_CHECK_HEADERS([openssl/conf.h],,, [AC_INCLUDES_DEFAULT])
 AC_CHECK_HEADERS([openssl/engine.h],,, [AC_INCLUDES_DEFAULT])
 AC_CHECK_HEADERS([openssl/bn.h openssl/rsa.h openssl/dsa.h],,, [AC_INCLUDES_DEFAULT])
-AC_CHECK_FUNCS([OPENSSL_config EVP_md5 EVP_sha1 EVP_sha224 EVP_sha256 EVP_sha384 EVP_sha512 FIPS_mode ENGINE_load_cryptodev EVP_PKEY_keygen ECDSA_SIG_get0 EVP_MD_CTX_new EVP_PKEY_base_id HMAC_CTX_new HMAC_CTX_free TLS_client_method])
+AC_CHECK_FUNCS([OPENSSL_config EVP_md5 EVP_sha1 EVP_sha224 EVP_sha256 EVP_sha384 EVP_sha512 FIPS_mode ENGINE_load_cryptodev EVP_PKEY_keygen ECDSA_SIG_get0 EVP_MD_CTX_new EVP_PKEY_base_id HMAC_CTX_new HMAC_CTX_free TLS_client_method DSA_SIG_set0 EVP_dss1])
 AC_CHECK_DECLS([SSL_COMP_get_compression_methods,sk_SSL_COMP_pop_free,SSL_CTX_set_ecdh_auto], [], [], [
 AC_INCLUDES_DEFAULT
 #ifdef HAVE_OPENSSL_ERR_H
@@ -440,7 +440,7 @@ case "$enable_dsa" in
       ;;
     *) dnl default
       # detect if DSA is supported, and turn it off if not.
-      AC_CHECK_FUNC(EVP_dss1, [
+      AC_CHECK_FUNC(DSA_SIG_new, [
 	AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED([USE_DSA], [1], [Define this to enable DSA support.])
       ], [if test "x$enable_dsa" = "xyes"; then AC_MSG_ERROR([OpenSSL does not support DSA and you used --enable-dsa.])
 	  fi ])
diff --git a/src/util/val_secalgo.c b/src/util/val_secalgo.c
index a27e7807..77238b2c 100644
--- a/src/util/val_secalgo.c
+++ b/src/util/val_secalgo.c
@@ -230,6 +230,7 @@ log_crypto_error(const char* str, unsigned long e)
 	ERR_error_string_n(e, buf, sizeof(buf));
 	/* buf now contains */
 	/* error:[error code]:[library name]:[function name]:[reason string] */
+	(void)str;
 	log_err("%s crypto %s", str, buf);
 }
 
@@ -262,8 +263,12 @@ setup_dsa_sig(unsigned char** sig, unsigned int* len)
 	dsasig = DSA_SIG_new();
 	if(!dsasig) return 0;
 
+#ifdef HAVE_DSA_SIG_SET0
+	if(!DSA_SIG_set0(dsasig, R, S)) return 0;
+#else
 	dsasig->r = R;
 	dsasig->s = S;
+#endif
 	*sig = NULL;
 	newlen = i2d_DSA_SIG(dsasig, sig);
 	if(newlen < 0) {
@@ -404,7 +409,11 @@ setup_key_digest(int algo, EVP_PKEY** evp_key, const EVP_MD** digest_type,
 					"EVP_PKEY_assign_DSA failed");
 				return 0;
 			}
+#ifdef HAVE_EVP_DSS1
 			*digest_type = EVP_dss1();
+#else
+			*digest_type = EVP_sha1();
+#endif
 
 			break;
 #endif /* USE_DSA */