diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 557a54f3..353d465f 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ log = "0.3"
 phf = "0.7"
 rustc-serialize = "0.3"
 chrono = { version = "0.2.14", optional = true }
-openssl = { version = "0.6", optional = true }
+openssl = { version = "0.6.4", optional = true }
 serde = { version = "0.3", optional = true }
 time = { version = "0.1.14", optional = true }
 unix_socket = { version = ">= 0.3, < 0.5", optional = true }
diff --git a/src/io/openssl.rs b/src/io/openssl.rs
index bbdc1231..0ddd4691 100644
--- a/src/io/openssl.rs
+++ b/src/io/openssl.rs
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ impl StreamWrapper for SslStream<Stream> {
 impl NegotiateSsl for SslContext {
     fn negotiate_ssl(&self, _: &str, stream: Stream)
                      -> Result<Box<StreamWrapper>, Box<Error+Send+Sync>> {
-        let stream = try!(SslStream::new(self, stream));
+        let stream = try!(SslStream::connect(self, stream));
         Ok(Box::new(stream))
     }
 }