diff --git a/Makefile.common b/Makefile.common
index 09ab22222d..48b1b3b1bc 100644
--- a/Makefile.common
+++ b/Makefile.common
@@ -332,6 +332,11 @@ endif
 
 # Qt WIMP GUI
 
+ifeq ($(HAVE_OPENSSL), 1)
+DEFINES += $(OPENSSL_CFLAGS)
+LIBS += $(OPENSSL_LIBS)
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(HAVE_QT), 1)
 OBJ += ui/drivers/ui_qt.o \
        ui/drivers/qt/ui_qt_application.o \
diff --git a/qb/config.libs.sh b/qb/config.libs.sh
index 1a1da11dde..d0d94da004 100644
--- a/qb/config.libs.sh
+++ b/qb/config.libs.sh
@@ -281,6 +281,7 @@ if [ "$HAVE_QT" != 'no' ] && [ "$MOC_PATH" != 'none' ]; then
    check_pkgconf QT5CONCURRENT Qt5Concurrent 5.2
    check_pkgconf QT5NETWORK Qt5Network 5.2
    #check_pkgconf QT5WEBENGINE Qt5WebEngine 5.4
+   check_pkgconf OPENSSL openssl 1.0.0
 
    check_val '' QT5CORE -lQt5Core QT5CORE
    check_val '' QT5GUI -lQt5Gui QT5GUI
@@ -288,6 +289,7 @@ if [ "$HAVE_QT" != 'no' ] && [ "$MOC_PATH" != 'none' ]; then
    check_val '' QT5CONCURRENT -lQt5Concurrent QT5CONCURRENT
    check_val '' QT5NETWORK -lQt5Network QT5NETWORK
    #check_val '' QT5WEBENGINE -lQt5WebEngine QT5WEBENGINE
+   check_val '' OPENSSL -lssl OPENSSL
 
    if [ "$HAVE_QT5CORE" = "no" ] || [ "$HAVE_QT5GUI" = "no" ] || [ "$HAVE_QT5WIDGETS" = "no" ] || [ "$HAVE_QT5CONCURRENT" = "no" ] || [ "$HAVE_QT5NETWORK" = "no" ]; then
       die : 'Notice: Not building Qt support, required libraries were not found.'
diff --git a/ui/drivers/qt/ui_qt_window.cpp b/ui/drivers/qt/ui_qt_window.cpp
index 78ccdd45f7..d873443ee0 100644
--- a/ui/drivers/qt/ui_qt_window.cpp
+++ b/ui/drivers/qt/ui_qt_window.cpp
@@ -73,6 +73,8 @@ extern "C" {
 #include <file/archive_file.h>
 #include <streams/file_stream.h>
 #include <math.h>
+#include <openssl/ssl.h>
+#include <openssl/opensslv.h>
 }
 
 #include "../../../AUTHORS.h"
@@ -572,6 +574,14 @@ MainWindow::MainWindow(QWidget *parent) :
 #endif
 
    removeUpdateTempFiles();
+
+   {
+      const SSL_METHOD* method = TLSv1_method();
+
+      RARCH_LOG("[Qt]: Using %s\n", OPENSSL_VERSION_TEXT);
+
+      RARCH_LOG("[Qt]: TLSv1 supports %d ciphers.\n", method->num_ciphers());
+   }
 }
 
 MainWindow::~MainWindow()