diff --git a/src/core/nginx.c b/src/core/nginx.c
index feb861a11..86ebe4188 100644
--- a/src/core/nginx.c
+++ b/src/core/nginx.c
@@ -248,18 +248,29 @@ main(int argc, char *const *argv)
         }
 
         if (ngx_show_configure) {
-            ngx_write_stderr(
+
 #ifdef NGX_COMPILER
-                "built by " NGX_COMPILER NGX_LINEFEED
+            ngx_write_stderr("built by " NGX_COMPILER NGX_LINEFEED);
 #endif
+
 #if (NGX_SSL)
+            if (SSLeay() == SSLEAY_VERSION_NUMBER) {
+                ngx_write_stderr("built with " OPENSSL_VERSION_TEXT
+                                 NGX_LINEFEED);
+            } else {
+                ngx_write_stderr("built with " OPENSSL_VERSION_TEXT
+                                 " (running with ");
+                ngx_write_stderr((char *) SSLeay_version(SSLEAY_VERSION));
+                ngx_write_stderr(")" NGX_LINEFEED);
+            }
 #ifdef SSL_CTRL_SET_TLSEXT_HOSTNAME
-                "TLS SNI support enabled" NGX_LINEFEED
+            ngx_write_stderr("TLS SNI support enabled" NGX_LINEFEED);
 #else
-                "TLS SNI support disabled" NGX_LINEFEED
+            ngx_write_stderr("TLS SNI support disabled" NGX_LINEFEED);
 #endif
 #endif
-                "configure arguments:" NGX_CONFIGURE NGX_LINEFEED);
+
+            ngx_write_stderr("configure arguments:" NGX_CONFIGURE NGX_LINEFEED);
         }
 
         if (!ngx_test_config) {