diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index a3b2b3e6..3fb27dc3 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -394,11 +394,11 @@ int main(void)
 		fi
 		ac_cv_openssldir=$ssldir
 		SSL_MSG="yes"
+		AC_DEFINE(HAVE_OPENSSL, 1, [Have OpenSSL libraries])
 	fi
 ])
 
 if (test ! -z "$ac_cv_openssldir" && test "x$ac_cv_openssldir" != "x(system)") ; then
-	AC_DEFINE(HAVE_OPENSSL, 1, [Have OpenSSL libraries])
 	dnl Need to recover ssldir - test above runs in subshell
 	ssldir=$ac_cv_openssldir
 	if test ! -z "$ssldir" -a "x$ssldir" != "x/usr"; then