diff --git a/src/bitcoin-cli.cpp b/src/bitcoin-cli.cpp
index 1b638e99e9..ea349b197e 100644
--- a/src/bitcoin-cli.cpp
+++ b/src/bitcoin-cli.cpp
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ 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 90695611f2..252b0866a2 100644
--- a/src/rpcserver.cpp
+++ b/src/rpcserver.cpp
@@ -597,7 +597,7 @@ 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;