diff --git a/openssl-sys/src/lib.rs b/openssl-sys/src/lib.rs
index ef327a93..96a24e48 100644
--- a/openssl-sys/src/lib.rs
+++ b/openssl-sys/src/lib.rs
@@ -272,6 +272,7 @@ pub const SSL_CTRL_SET_TLSEXT_HOSTNAME: c_int = 55;
 pub const SSL_CTRL_EXTRA_CHAIN_CERT: c_int = 14;
 pub const SSL_CTRL_SET_READ_AHEAD: c_int = 41;
 
+pub const SSL_MODE_ACCEPT_MOVING_WRITE_BUFFER: c_long = 2;
 pub const SSL_MODE_AUTO_RETRY: c_long = 4;
 
 pub const SSL_ERROR_NONE: c_int = 0;
diff --git a/openssl/src/ssl/mod.rs b/openssl/src/ssl/mod.rs
index d0954bc7..0252b114 100644
--- a/openssl/src/ssl/mod.rs
+++ b/openssl/src/ssl/mod.rs
@@ -567,7 +567,7 @@ impl SslContext {
         let ctx = SslContext { ctx: ctx };
 
         // this is a bit dubious (?)
-        try!(ctx.set_mode(ffi::SSL_MODE_AUTO_RETRY));
+        try!(ctx.set_mode(ffi::SSL_MODE_AUTO_RETRY | ffi::SSL_MODE_ACCEPT_MOVING_WRITE_BUFFER));
 
         if method.is_dtls() {
             ctx.set_read_ahead(1);