diff --git a/lib/base/tlsutility.cpp b/lib/base/tlsutility.cpp
index 1c18a4694..2d7417250 100644
--- a/lib/base/tlsutility.cpp
+++ b/lib/base/tlsutility.cpp
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ static void InitializeOpenSSL(void)
 	SSL_library_init();
 	SSL_load_error_strings();
 
+	SSL_COMP_get_compression_methods();
+
 	l_SSLInitialized = true;
 }