diff --git a/src/ripple/basics/impl/CheckLibraryVersions.cpp b/src/ripple/basics/impl/CheckLibraryVersions.cpp
index b4268ba785..af15a63485 100644
--- a/src/ripple/basics/impl/CheckLibraryVersions.cpp
+++ b/src/ripple/basics/impl/CheckLibraryVersions.cpp
@@ -29,12 +29,8 @@
 namespace ripple {
 namespace version {
 
-using VersionNumber = unsigned long long;
-
-const char boostMinimal[] = "1.57.0";
-const char openSSLMinimal[] = "1.0.1-g";
-
-std::string boostVersion(VersionNumber boostVersion)
+std::string
+boostVersion(VersionNumber boostVersion)
 {
     std::stringstream ss;
     ss << (boostVersion / 100000) << "."
@@ -43,7 +39,8 @@ std::string boostVersion(VersionNumber boostVersion)
     return ss.str();
 }
 
-std::string openSSLVersion(VersionNumber openSSLVersion)
+std::string
+openSSLVersion(VersionNumber openSSLVersion)
 {
     std::stringstream ss;
     ss << (openSSLVersion / 0x10000000L) << "."
@@ -80,18 +77,45 @@ void checkVersion(std::string name, std::string required, std::string actual)
 
 void checkBoost(std::string version)
 {
+    const char* boostMinimal = "1.57.0";
     checkVersion("Boost", boostMinimal, version);
 }
 
 void checkOpenSSL(std::string version)
 {
-    checkVersion("OpenSSL", openSSLMinimal, version);
+    // The minimal version depends on whether we're linking
+    // against 1.0.1 or later versions:
+    beast::SemanticVersion v;
+
+    char const* openSSLMinimal101 = "1.0.1-g";
+    char const* openSSLMinimal102 = "1.0.2-j";
+
+    if (v.parse (version) &&
+            v.majorVersion == 1 &&
+                v.minorVersion == 0 &&
+                    v.patchVersion == 1)
+    {
+        // Use of the 1.0.1 series should be dropped as soon
+        // as possible since as of January 2, 2017 it is no
+        // longer supported. Unfortunately, a number of
+        // platforms officially supported by Ripple still
+        // use the 1.0.1 branch.
+        //
+        // Additionally, requiring 1.0.1u (the latest) is
+        // similarly not possible, since those officially
+        // supported platforms use older releases and
+        // backport important fixes.
+        checkVersion ("OpenSSL", openSSLMinimal101, version);
+        return;
+    }
+
+    checkVersion ("OpenSSL", openSSLMinimal102, version);
 }
 
 void checkLibraryVersions()
 {
-    checkBoost();
-    checkOpenSSL();
+    checkBoost(boostVersion(BOOST_VERSION));
+    checkOpenSSL(openSSLVersion(OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER));
 }
 
 }  // namespace version
diff --git a/src/ripple/basics/impl/CheckLibraryVersionsImpl.h b/src/ripple/basics/impl/CheckLibraryVersionsImpl.h
index f106ccf288..976f3ef8b0 100644
--- a/src/ripple/basics/impl/CheckLibraryVersionsImpl.h
+++ b/src/ripple/basics/impl/CheckLibraryVersionsImpl.h
@@ -21,8 +21,6 @@
 #define RIPPLE_BASICS_CHECKLIBRARYVERSIONSIMPL_H_INCLUDED
 
 #include <ripple/basics/CheckLibraryVersions.h>
-#include <boost/version.hpp>
-#include <openssl/opensslv.h>
 
 namespace ripple {
 namespace version {
@@ -30,19 +28,19 @@ namespace version {
 /** Both Boost and OpenSSL have integral version numbers. */
 using VersionNumber = unsigned long long;
 
-/** Minimal required boost version. */
-extern const char boostMinimal[];
+std::string
+boostVersion(VersionNumber boostVersion);
 
-/** Minimal required OpenSSL version. */
-extern const char openSSLMinimal[];
+std::string
+openSSLVersion(VersionNumber openSSLVersion);
 
-std::string boostVersion(VersionNumber boostVersion = BOOST_VERSION);
-std::string openSSLVersion(
-    VersionNumber openSSLVersion = OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER);
+void checkVersion(
+    std::string name,
+    std::string required,
+    std::string actual);
 
-void checkVersion(std::string name, std::string required, std::string actual);
-void checkBoost(std::string version = boostVersion());
-void checkOpenSSL(std::string version = openSSLVersion());
+void checkBoost(std::string version);
+void checkOpenSSL(std::string version);
 
 }  // namespace version
 }  // namespace ripple
diff --git a/src/ripple/beast/core/SemanticVersion.cpp b/src/ripple/beast/core/SemanticVersion.cpp
index 99515a7025..898f020106 100644
--- a/src/ripple/beast/core/SemanticVersion.cpp
+++ b/src/ripple/beast/core/SemanticVersion.cpp
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ SemanticVersion::SemanticVersion (std::string const& version)
         throw std::invalid_argument ("invalid version string");
 }
 
-bool SemanticVersion::parse (std::string const& input, bool debug)
+bool SemanticVersion::parse (std::string const& input)
 {
     // May not have leading or trailing whitespace
     auto left_iter = std::find_if_not (input.begin (), input.end (),
diff --git a/src/ripple/beast/core/SemanticVersion.h b/src/ripple/beast/core/SemanticVersion.h
index 9fa8e57a19..83bdd7248d 100644
--- a/src/ripple/beast/core/SemanticVersion.h
+++ b/src/ripple/beast/core/SemanticVersion.h
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ public:
         The parsing is as strict as possible.
         @return `true` if the string was parsed.
     */
-    bool parse (std::string const& input, bool debug = false);
+    bool parse (std::string const& input);
 
     /** Produce a string from semantic version components. */
     std::string print () const;
diff --git a/src/test/basics/CheckLibraryVersions_test.cpp b/src/test/basics/CheckLibraryVersions_test.cpp
index 84fd4ecdcb..1d7e69f28d 100644
--- a/src/test/basics/CheckLibraryVersions_test.cpp
+++ b/src/test/basics/CheckLibraryVersions_test.cpp
@@ -27,51 +27,26 @@ namespace version {
 
 struct CheckLibraryVersions_test : beast::unit_test::suite
 {
-    void print_message()
+    void testBadOpenSSL()
     {
-        log << "ssl minimal: " << openSSLMinimal << "\n"
-            << "ssl actual:  " << openSSLVersion() << "\n"
-            << "boost minimal: " << boostMinimal << "\n"
-            << "boost actual:  " << boostVersion() << "\n"
-            << std::flush;
+        testcase ("Out-of-Date OpenSSL");
+        except ([&]{ checkOpenSSL("0.9.8-o"); });
+        except ([&]{ checkOpenSSL("1.0.1-d"); });
+        except ([&]{ checkOpenSSL("1.0.2-c"); });
     }
 
-    void test_bad_ssl()
+    void testBadBoost()
     {
-        std::string error;
-        try {
-            checkOpenSSL(openSSLVersion(0x0090819fL));
-        } catch (std::runtime_error& e) {
-            error = e.what();
-        }
-        auto expectedError = "Your OpenSSL library is out of date.\n"
-          "Your version: 0.9.8-o\n"
-          "Required version: ";
-        unexpected(error.find(expectedError) != 0, error);
+        testcase ("Out-of-Date Boost");
+        except ([&]{ checkBoost ("1.54.0"); });
     }
 
-    void test_bad_boost()
-    {
-        std::string error;
-        try {
-            checkBoost(boostVersion(105400));
-        } catch (std::runtime_error& e) {
-            error = e.what();
-        }
-        auto expectedError = "Your Boost library is out of date.\n"
-          "Your version: 1.54.0\n"
-          "Required version: ";
-        unexpected(error.find(expectedError) != 0, error);
-    }
-
-
     void run()
     {
-        print_message();
-        checkLibraryVersions();
+        unexcept ([&]{ checkLibraryVersions(); });
 
-        test_bad_ssl();
-        test_bad_boost();
+        testBadOpenSSL();
+        testBadBoost();
     }
 };