diff --git a/boring-sys/src/lib.rs b/boring-sys/src/lib.rs
index c821b3e5..094221ff 100644
--- a/boring-sys/src/lib.rs
+++ b/boring-sys/src/lib.rs
@@ -48,18 +48,7 @@ pub const fn ERR_GET_REASON(l: c_uint) -> c_int {
 }
 
 pub fn init() {
-    use std::ptr;
-    use std::sync::Once;
-
-    // explicitly initialize to work around https://github.com/openssl/openssl/issues/3505
-    static INIT: Once = Once::new();
-
-    let init_options = OPENSSL_INIT_LOAD_SSL_STRINGS;
-
-    INIT.call_once(|| {
-        assert_eq!(
-            unsafe { OPENSSL_init_ssl(init_options.try_into().unwrap(), ptr::null_mut()) },
-            1
-        )
-    });
+    unsafe {
+        CRYPTO_library_init();
+    }
 }
diff --git a/boring/src/error.rs b/boring/src/error.rs
index fdc3ba9e..9cdc878b 100644
--- a/boring/src/error.rs
+++ b/boring/src/error.rs
@@ -182,6 +182,12 @@ impl Error {
         }
     }
 
+    /// Returns the raw OpenSSL error constant for the library reporting the
+    /// error.
+    pub fn library_code(&self) -> libc::c_int {
+        ffi::ERR_GET_LIB(self.code)
+    }
+
     /// Returns the name of the function reporting the error.
     pub fn function(&self) -> Option<&'static str> {
         unsafe {
@@ -206,6 +212,11 @@ impl Error {
         }
     }
 
+    /// Returns the raw OpenSSL error constant for the reason for the error.
+    pub fn reason_code(&self) -> libc::c_int {
+        ffi::ERR_GET_REASON(self.code)
+    }
+
     /// Returns the name of the source file which encountered the error.
     pub fn file(&self) -> &'static str {
         unsafe {
@@ -235,12 +246,14 @@ impl fmt::Debug for Error {
         if let Some(library) = self.library() {
             builder.field("library", &library);
         }
+        builder.field("library_code", &self.library_code());
         if let Some(function) = self.function() {
             builder.field("function", &function);
         }
         if let Some(reason) = self.reason() {
             builder.field("reason", &reason);
         }
+        builder.field("reason_code", &self.reason_code());
         builder.field("file", &self.file());
         builder.field("line", &self.line());
         if let Some(data) = self.data() {