diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 2c1430356..5c8bf7ab8 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -436,7 +436,7 @@ IF (SECURITY_FOUND)
 ENDIF ()
 
 IF (OPENSSL_FOUND)
-  ADD_DEFINITIONS(-DGIT_SSL)
+  ADD_DEFINITIONS(-DGIT_OPENSSL)
   INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES(${OPENSSL_INCLUDE_DIR})
   SET(SSL_LIBRARIES ${OPENSSL_LIBRARIES})
 ENDIF()
diff --git a/src/global.c b/src/global.c
index f267fbd24..9f1a0bf10 100644
--- a/src/global.c
+++ b/src/global.c
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ git_mutex git__mwindow_mutex;
 
 #define MAX_SHUTDOWN_CB 8
 
-#ifdef GIT_SSL
+#ifdef GIT_OPENSSL
 # include <openssl/ssl.h>
 SSL_CTX *git__ssl_ctx;
 # ifdef GIT_THREADS
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ static void git__shutdown(void)
 	}
 }
 
-#if defined(GIT_THREADS) && defined(GIT_SSL)
+#if defined(GIT_THREADS) && defined(GIT_OPENSSL)
 void openssl_locking_function(int mode, int n, const char *file, int line)
 {
 	int lock;
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ static void shutdown_ssl_locking(void)
 
 static void init_ssl(void)
 {
-#ifdef GIT_SSL
+#ifdef GIT_OPENSSL
 	long ssl_opts = SSL_OP_NO_SSLv2 | SSL_OP_NO_SSLv3;
 
 	/* Older OpenSSL and MacOS OpenSSL doesn't have this */
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ static void init_ssl(void)
 
 int git_openssl_set_locking(void)
 {
-#ifdef GIT_SSL
+#ifdef GIT_OPENSSL
 # ifdef GIT_THREADS
 	int num_locks, i;
 
diff --git a/src/global.h b/src/global.h
index f56bec46c..fdad6ba89 100644
--- a/src/global.h
+++ b/src/global.h
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ typedef struct {
 	char oid_fmt[GIT_OID_HEXSZ+1];
 } git_global_st;
 
-#ifdef GIT_SSL
+#ifdef GIT_OPENSSL
 # include <openssl/ssl.h>
 extern SSL_CTX *git__ssl_ctx;
 #endif
diff --git a/src/netops.h b/src/netops.h
index d5f0ca3f3..b7170a0f2 100644
--- a/src/netops.h
+++ b/src/netops.h
@@ -11,12 +11,12 @@
 #include "common.h"
 #include "stream.h"
 
-#ifdef GIT_SSL
+#ifdef GIT_OPENSSL
 # include <openssl/ssl.h>
 #endif
 
 typedef struct gitno_ssl {
-#ifdef GIT_SSL
+#ifdef GIT_OPENSSL
 	SSL *ssl;
 #else
 	size_t dummy;
diff --git a/src/openssl_stream.c b/src/openssl_stream.c
index 8d79a9d84..2ebfac738 100644
--- a/src/openssl_stream.c
+++ b/src/openssl_stream.c
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  * a Linking Exception. For full terms see the included COPYING file.
  */
 
-#ifdef GIT_SSL
+#ifdef GIT_OPENSSL
 
 #include <ctype.h>
 
diff --git a/src/settings.c b/src/settings.c
index 77a5f2ed1..2097ca314 100644
--- a/src/settings.c
+++ b/src/settings.c
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  * a Linking Exception. For full terms see the included COPYING file.
  */
 
-#ifdef GIT_SSL
+#ifdef GIT_OPENSSL
 # include <openssl/err.h>
 #endif
 
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ int git_libgit2_features()
 #ifdef GIT_THREADS
 		| GIT_FEATURE_THREADS
 #endif
-#if defined(GIT_SSL) || defined(GIT_WINHTTP) || defined(GIT_SECURE_TRANSPORT)
+#if defined(GIT_OPENSSL) || defined(GIT_WINHTTP) || defined(GIT_SECURE_TRANSPORT)
 		| GIT_FEATURE_HTTPS
 #endif
 #if defined(GIT_SSH)
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ int git_libgit2_opts(int key, ...)
 		break;
 
 	case GIT_OPT_SET_SSL_CERT_LOCATIONS:
-#ifdef GIT_SSL
+#ifdef GIT_OPENSSL
 		{
 			const char *file = va_arg(ap, const char *);
 			const char *path = va_arg(ap, const char *);
diff --git a/src/tls_stream.c b/src/tls_stream.c
index d44709af4..39a8ce343 100644
--- a/src/tls_stream.c
+++ b/src/tls_stream.c
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ int git_tls_stream_new(git_stream **out, const char *host, const char *port)
 {
 #ifdef GIT_SECURE_TRANSPORT
 	return git_stransport_stream_new(out, host, port);
-#elif defined(GIT_SSL)
+#elif defined(GIT_OPENSSL)
 	return git_openssl_stream_new(out, host, port);
 #else
 	GIT_UNUSED(out);
diff --git a/src/transport.c b/src/transport.c
index 6266fdd34..5c65c7c06 100644
--- a/src/transport.c
+++ b/src/transport.c
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ static transport_definition local_transport_definition = { "file://", git_transp
 static transport_definition transports[] = {
 	{ "git://",   git_transport_smart, &git_subtransport_definition },
 	{ "http://",  git_transport_smart, &http_subtransport_definition },
-#if defined(GIT_SSL) || defined(GIT_WINHTTP) || defined(GIT_SECURE_TRANSPORT)
+#if defined(GIT_OPENSSL) || defined(GIT_WINHTTP) || defined(GIT_SECURE_TRANSPORT)
 	{ "https://", git_transport_smart, &http_subtransport_definition },
 #endif
 	{ "file://",  git_transport_local, NULL },
diff --git a/src/transports/http.c b/src/transports/http.c
index bad7e2594..89cbd17d7 100644
--- a/src/transports/http.c
+++ b/src/transports/http.c
@@ -557,7 +557,7 @@ static int http_connect(http_subtransport *t)
 
 	error = git_stream_connect(t->io);
 
-#if defined(GIT_SSL) || defined(GIT_SECURE_TRANSPORT)
+#if defined(GIT_OPENSSL) || defined(GIT_SECURE_TRANSPORT)
 	if ((!error || error == GIT_ECERTIFICATE) && t->owner->certificate_check_cb != NULL &&
 	    git_stream_is_encrypted(t->io)) {
 		git_cert *cert;
diff --git a/tests/core/features.c b/tests/core/features.c
index e6d0e0f51..5eeb05e81 100644
--- a/tests/core/features.c
+++ b/tests/core/features.c
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ void test_core_features__0(void)
 	cl_assert((caps & GIT_FEATURE_THREADS) == 0);
 #endif
 
-#if defined(GIT_SSL) || defined(GIT_WINHTTP) || defined(GIT_SECURE_TRANSPORT)
+#if defined(GIT_OPENSSL) || defined(GIT_WINHTTP) || defined(GIT_SECURE_TRANSPORT)
 	cl_assert((caps & GIT_FEATURE_HTTPS) != 0);
 #else
 	cl_assert((caps & GIT_FEATURE_HTTPS) == 0);