diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index e4708fcbe..276827eb7 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ AC_CHECK_LIB( pthread, pthread_create, [],
     ])
 AC_CHECK_LIB( z, compress, [ZLIB=-lz],[AC_MSG_ERROR([Missing zlib])] )
 AC_CHECK_LIB( compat, ftime, [COMPATLIB=-lcompat] )
-AX_CHECK_OPENSSL()
+AX_CHECK_OPENSSL([], [AC_MSG_ERROR([Missing OpenSSL])])
 
 AC_ARG_WITH(postgresql,
 [  --with-postgresql       Use PostgreSQL as a backend (default: no)],
diff --git a/src/shared/revision_nr.h b/src/shared/revision_nr.h
index 0ad0b179f..76e818008 100644
--- a/src/shared/revision_nr.h
+++ b/src/shared/revision_nr.h
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 #ifndef __REVISION_NR_H__
 #define __REVISION_NR_H__
- #define REVISION_NR "9256"
+ #define REVISION_NR "9257"
 #endif // __REVISION_NR_H__