diff --git a/.travis/build-deps.sh b/.travis/build-deps.sh
index 0c8d69b8..e8a1f101 100755
--- a/.travis/build-deps.sh
+++ b/.travis/build-deps.sh
@@ -90,9 +90,11 @@ build_mbedtls () {
 }
 
 download_openssl () {
+    
     if [ ! -f "download-cache/openssl-${OPENSSL_VERSION}.tar.gz" ]; then
+        MAJOR=`echo $OPENSSL_VERSION | sed -e 's/\([0-9.]*\).*/\1/'`
         wget -P download-cache/ \
-            "https://www.openssl.org/source/openssl-${OPENSSL_VERSION}.tar.gz"
+             "https://www.openssl.org/source/old/${MAJOR}/openssl-${OPENSSL_VERSION}.tar.gz"
     fi
 }