diff --git a/changes/bug30190 b/changes/bug30190
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e2352c3b9c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changes/bug30190
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+  o Minor bugfixes (lib):
+    do not log a warning for OpenSSL versions that should be compatible
+    Fixes bug 30190; bugfix on 0.2.4.2-alpha
diff --git a/src/lib/crypt_ops/crypto_openssl_mgt.c b/src/lib/crypt_ops/crypto_openssl_mgt.c
index 60e4ea795e..c97815f9a4 100644
--- a/src/lib/crypt_ops/crypto_openssl_mgt.c
+++ b/src/lib/crypt_ops/crypto_openssl_mgt.c
@@ -213,6 +213,14 @@ crypto_openssl_early_init(void)
         !strcmp(version_str, OPENSSL_VERSION_TEXT)) {
       log_info(LD_CRYPTO, "OpenSSL version matches version from headers "
                  "(%lx: %s).", version_num, version_str);
+    } else if ((version_num & 0xffff0000) ==
+               (OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER & 0xffff0000)) {
+      log_notice(LD_CRYPTO,
+               "We compiled with OpenSSL %lx: %s and we "
+               "are running with OpenSSL %lx: %s. "
+               "These two versions should be binary compatible.",
+               (unsigned long)OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER, OPENSSL_VERSION_TEXT,
+               version_num, version_str);
     } else {
       log_warn(LD_CRYPTO, "OpenSSL version from headers does not match the "
                "version we're running with. If you get weird crashes, that "