diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 3eddfca0e..17f375c91 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -658,6 +658,11 @@ if(NOT Boost_FOUND)
   die("Could not find Boost libraries, please make sure you have installed Boost or libboost-all-dev (1.58) or the equivalent")
 elseif(Boost_FOUND)
   message(STATUS "Found Boost Version: ${Boost_VERSION}")
+  if (Boost_VERSION VERSION_LESS 1.62 AND NOT (OPENSSL_VERSION VERSION_LESS 1.1))
+      message(FATAL_ERROR "Boost older than 1.62 is too old to link with OpenSSL 1.1 or newer. "
+                          "Update Boost or install OpenSSL 1.0 and set path to it when running cmake: "
+                          "cmake -DOPENSSL_ROOT_DIR='/usr/include/openssl-1.0;/usr/lib/openssl-1.0'")
+  endif()
 endif()
 
 include_directories(SYSTEM ${Boost_INCLUDE_DIRS})
diff --git a/contrib/epee/include/net/net_helper.h b/contrib/epee/include/net/net_helper.h
index 34d223d17..ee0e13fc1 100644
--- a/contrib/epee/include/net/net_helper.h
+++ b/contrib/epee/include/net/net_helper.h
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 #include <istream>
 #include <ostream>
 #include <string>
+#include <boost/version.hpp>
 #include <boost/asio.hpp>
 #include <boost/asio/ssl.hpp>
 #include <boost/asio/steady_timer.hpp>
@@ -576,7 +577,14 @@ namespace net_utils
 				m_io_service.run_one();
 			}
 			// Ignore "short read" error
-			if (ec.category() == boost::asio::error::get_ssl_category() && ec.value() != ERR_PACK(ERR_LIB_SSL, 0, SSL_R_SHORT_READ))
+			if (ec.category() == boost::asio::error::get_ssl_category() &&
+			    ec.value() !=
+#if BOOST_VERSION >= 106200
+			    boost::asio::ssl::error::stream_truncated
+#else // older Boost supports only OpenSSL 1.0, so 1.0-only macros are appropriate
+			    ERR_PACK(ERR_LIB_SSL, 0, SSL_R_SHORT_READ)
+#endif
+			    )
 				MDEBUG("Problems at ssl shutdown: " << ec.message());
 		}
 		
diff --git a/contrib/epee/src/CMakeLists.txt b/contrib/epee/src/CMakeLists.txt
index af3c6ca5f..3b41f415e 100644
--- a/contrib/epee/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/contrib/epee/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -49,6 +49,5 @@ target_link_libraries(epee
     easylogging
     ${Boost_FILESYSTEM_LIBRARY}
   PRIVATE
-    ssl
-    crypto
+    ${OPENSSL_LIBRARIES}
     ${EXTRA_LIBRARIES})