diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 7d6061b55c..99734e9d03 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -7353,12 +7353,12 @@ enabled omx_rpi           && { test_code cc OMX_Core.h OMX_IndexConfigBrcmVideoR
 enabled omx               && require_headers OMX_Core.h && \
     warn "The OpenMAX encoders are deprecated and will be removed in future versions"
 
-enabled openssl           && { { check_pkg_config openssl "openssl >= 3.0.0" openssl/ssl.h OPENSSL_init_ssl &&
+enabled openssl           && { { check_pkg_config openssl "openssl >= 3.0.0" openssl/ssl.h DTLS_get_data_mtu &&
                                  { enabled gplv3 || ! enabled gpl || enabled nonfree || die "ERROR: OpenSSL >=3.0.0 requires --enable-version3"; }; } ||
                                { enabled gpl && ! enabled nonfree && die "ERROR: OpenSSL <3.0.0 is incompatible with the gpl"; } ||
-                               check_pkg_config openssl "openssl >= 1.1.1" openssl/ssl.h OPENSSL_init_ssl ||
-                               check_lib openssl openssl/ssl.h OPENSSL_init_ssl -lssl -lcrypto ||
-                               check_lib openssl openssl/ssl.h OPENSSL_init_ssl -lssl -lcrypto -lws2_32 -lgdi32 ||
+                               check_pkg_config openssl "openssl >= 1.1.1" openssl/ssl.h DTLS_get_data_mtu ||
+                               check_lib openssl openssl/ssl.h DTLS_get_data_mtu -lssl -lcrypto ||
+                               check_lib openssl openssl/ssl.h DTLS_get_data_mtu -lssl -lcrypto -lws2_32 -lgdi32 ||
                                die "ERROR: openssl (>= 1.1.1) not found"; }
 enabled pocketsphinx      && require_pkg_config pocketsphinx pocketsphinx pocketsphinx/pocketsphinx.h ps_init
 enabled rkmpp             && { require_pkg_config rkmpp rockchip_mpp  rockchip/rk_mpi.h mpp_create &&