diff --git a/src/librssguard/miscellaneous/application.cpp b/src/librssguard/miscellaneous/application.cpp
index 24b922dbe..7c91c744c 100644
--- a/src/librssguard/miscellaneous/application.cpp
+++ b/src/librssguard/miscellaneous/application.cpp
@@ -287,8 +287,11 @@ Application::Application(const QString& id, int& argc, char** argv, const QStrin
 
   setupWorkHorsePool();
 
+  QSslSocket::setActiveBackend(QSL("openssl"));
+
   qDebugNN << LOGSEC_CORE << "Platform:" << QUOTE_W_SPACE_DOT(QGuiApplication::platformName());
   qDebugNN << LOGSEC_CORE << "SQLite version:" << QUOTE_W_SPACE_DOT(SQLITE_VERSION);
+  qDebugNN << LOGSEC_CORE << "OpenSSL backends:" << QUOTE_W_SPACE_DOT(QSslSocket::availableBackends());
   qDebugNN << LOGSEC_CORE << "OpenSSL version:" << QUOTE_W_SPACE_DOT(QSslSocket::sslLibraryVersionString());
   qDebugNN << LOGSEC_CORE << "OpenSSL supported:" << QUOTE_W_SPACE_DOT(QSslSocket::supportsSsl());
   qDebugNN << LOGSEC_CORE << "Global thread pool has"