diff --git a/src/modules/Ssleay/configure.in b/src/modules/Ssleay/configure.in
index dedd922090f9bce519a760d803e963ca3327c34a..e5c59bb8ca70caab325550a071597ceca0aad6a5 100644
--- a/src/modules/Ssleay/configure.in
+++ b/src/modules/Ssleay/configure.in
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 AC_INIT(ssleay.c)
 
+AC_CONFIG_HEADER(config.h)
+
 sinclude(../module_configure.in)
 
 AC_ARG_WITH(ssleay,  [  --without-ssleay       no support for the secure socket protocol],[],[with_ssleay=yes])