diff --git a/src/lib/opensslVerify/opensslVerify.py b/src/lib/opensslVerify/opensslVerify.py
index 03b3dc8f..45c58586 100644
--- a/src/lib/opensslVerify/opensslVerify.py
+++ b/src/lib/opensslVerify/opensslVerify.py
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ def openLibrary():
         ssl = _OpenSSL(dll_path)
         assert ssl
     except Exception, err:
-        ssl = _OpenSSL(ctypes.util.find_library('ssl') or ctypes.util.find_library('crypto') or ctypes.util.find_library('libcrypto') or 'libeay32')
+        ssl = _OpenSSL(ctypes.util.find_library('ssl.so.1.0') or ctypes.util.find_library('ssl') or ctypes.util.find_library('crypto') or ctypes.util.find_library('libcrypto') or 'libeay32')
     logging.debug("opensslVerify loaded: %s", ssl._lib)
 
 openLibrary()
diff --git a/src/lib/pyelliptic/openssl.py b/src/lib/pyelliptic/openssl.py
index 19854d5f..ea8136dd 100644
--- a/src/lib/pyelliptic/openssl.py
+++ b/src/lib/pyelliptic/openssl.py
@@ -509,7 +509,7 @@ def loadOpenSSL():
         ssl = _OpenSSL(dll_path)
         assert ssl
     except Exception, err:
-        ssl = _OpenSSL(ctypes.util.find_library('ssl') or ctypes.util.find_library('crypto') or ctypes.util.find_library('libcrypto') or 'libeay32')
+        ssl = _OpenSSL(ctypes.util.find_library('ssl.so.1.0') or ctypes.util.find_library('ssl') or ctypes.util.find_library('crypto') or ctypes.util.find_library('libcrypto') or 'libeay32')
     OpenSSL = ssl
     logging.debug("pyelliptic loaded: %s", ssl._lib)