diff --git a/wscript b/wscript
index 45fa3ce..b4641f2 100644
--- a/wscript
+++ b/wscript
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
                    pkg_config_path=os.environ.get('PKG_CONFIG_PATH', '%s/pkgconfig' % conf.env.LIBDIR))
 
     conf.check_sqlite3()
-    conf.check_openssl(lib='crypto', atleast_version=0x1000200f) # 1.0.2
+    conf.check_openssl(lib='crypto', atleast_version=0x1010100f) # 1.1.1
 
     boost_libs = ['system', 'program_options', 'filesystem']
     if conf.env.WITH_TESTS: