diff --git a/net/freeradius2/Makefile b/net/freeradius2/Makefile
index d116dba49..0cce17f31 100644
--- a/net/freeradius2/Makefile
+++ b/net/freeradius2/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-# Copyright (C) 2008-2014 OpenWrt.org
+# Copyright (C) 2008-2015 OpenWrt.org
 #
 # This is free software, licensed under the GNU General Public License v2.
 # See /LICENSE for more information.
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=freeradius2
 PKG_VERSION:=2.2.8
-PKG_RELEASE:=1
+PKG_RELEASE:=2
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=freeradius-server-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.bz2
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=\
@@ -350,6 +350,7 @@ CONFIGURE_ARGS+= \
 	$(if $(CONFIG_FREERADIUS_OPENSSL),--with,--without)-openssl \
 	$(if $(CONFIG_FREERADIUS_OPENSSL),--with-openssl-includes="$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/include",) \
 	$(if $(CONFIG_FREERADIUS_OPENSSL),--with-openssl-libraries="$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/lib",) \
+	$(if $(CONFIG_FREERADIUS_OPENSSL),--disable-openssl-version-check,) \
 	--with-system-libtool \
 	--with-system-libltdl \
 	--enable-strict-dependencies \