diff --git a/cmake/ssl.cmake b/cmake/ssl.cmake
index 1b238826311..707aa4a017f 100644
--- a/cmake/ssl.cmake
+++ b/cmake/ssl.cmake
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ MACRO (MYSQL_CHECK_SSL)
     ENDIF()
     FIND_PACKAGE(OpenSSL)
     SET_PACKAGE_PROPERTIES(OpenSSL PROPERTIES TYPE RECOMMENDED)
-    IF(OPENSSL_FOUND)
+    IF(OPENSSL_FOUND AND OPENSSL_VERSION AND OPENSSL_VERSION VERSION_LESS "3.0.0")
       SET(OPENSSL_LIBRARY ${OPENSSL_SSL_LIBRARY})
       SET(SSL_SOURCES "")
       SET(SSL_LIBRARIES ${OPENSSL_SSL_LIBRARY} ${OPENSSL_CRYPTO_LIBRARY})