diff --git a/src/rpcclient.cpp b/src/rpcclient.cpp
index 4f3c39ce9bd..5e62b7130be 100644
--- a/src/rpcclient.cpp
+++ b/src/rpcclient.cpp
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ Object CallRPC(const string& strMethod, const Array& params)
     bool fUseSSL = GetBoolArg("-rpcssl", false);
     asio::io_service io_service;
     ssl::context context(io_service, ssl::context::sslv23);
-    context.set_options(ssl::context::no_sslv2);
+    context.set_options(ssl::context::no_sslv2 | ssl::context::no_sslv3);
     asio::ssl::stream<asio::ip::tcp::socket> sslStream(io_service, context);
     SSLIOStreamDevice<asio::ip::tcp> d(sslStream, fUseSSL);
     iostreams::stream< SSLIOStreamDevice<asio::ip::tcp> > stream(d);
diff --git a/src/rpcserver.cpp b/src/rpcserver.cpp
index f43acf41baa..cc9e3307de2 100644
--- a/src/rpcserver.cpp
+++ b/src/rpcserver.cpp
@@ -539,7 +539,7 @@ void StartRPCThreads()
 
     if (fUseSSL)
     {
-        rpc_ssl_context->set_options(ssl::context::no_sslv2);
+        rpc_ssl_context->set_options(ssl::context::no_sslv2 | ssl::context::no_sslv3);
 
         filesystem::path pathCertFile(GetArg("-rpcsslcertificatechainfile", "server.cert"));
         if (!pathCertFile.is_complete()) pathCertFile = filesystem::path(GetDataDir()) / pathCertFile;