diff --git a/include/proto/openssl-compat.h b/include/common/openssl-compat.h
similarity index 98%
rename from include/proto/openssl-compat.h
rename to include/common/openssl-compat.h
index 1f28b52cb..bc36efcd0 100644
--- a/include/proto/openssl-compat.h
+++ b/include/common/openssl-compat.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-#ifndef _PROTO_OPENSSL_COMPAT_H
-#define _PROTO_OPENSSL_COMPAT_H
+#ifndef _COMMON_OPENSSL_COMPAT_H
+#define _COMMON_OPENSSL_COMPAT_H
 #include <openssl/crypto.h>
 #include <openssl/ssl.h>
 #include <openssl/x509.h>
@@ -201,4 +201,4 @@ static inline int EVP_PKEY_base_id(EVP_PKEY *pkey)
 #define TLSEXT_signature_ecdsa      3
 #endif
 
-#endif /* _PROTO_OPENSSL_COMPAT_H */
+#endif /* _COMMON_OPENSSL_COMPAT_H */
diff --git a/include/types/ssl_sock.h b/include/types/ssl_sock.h
index 24b7dc772..3de01e961 100644
--- a/include/types/ssl_sock.h
+++ b/include/types/ssl_sock.h
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 #include <ebmbtree.h>
 
 #include <common/hathreads.h>
-#include <proto/openssl-compat.h>
+#include <common/openssl-compat.h>
 
 struct pkey_info {
 	uint8_t sig;          /* TLSEXT_signature_[rsa,ecdsa,...] */
diff --git a/src/haproxy.c b/src/haproxy.c
index 2dec3f154..8803e6ea7 100644
--- a/src/haproxy.c
+++ b/src/haproxy.c
@@ -126,6 +126,7 @@
 #include <proto/dns.h>
 #include <proto/vars.h>
 #ifdef USE_OPENSSL
+#include <common/openssl-compat.h>
 #include <proto/ssl_sock.h>
 #include <openssl/rand.h>
 #endif
diff --git a/src/ssl_sock.c b/src/ssl_sock.c
index 506be4eb1..16e12d487 100644
--- a/src/ssl_sock.c
+++ b/src/ssl_sock.c
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@
 #include <common/debug.h>
 #include <common/errors.h>
 #include <common/initcall.h>
+#include <common/openssl-compat.h>
 #include <common/standard.h>
 #include <common/ticks.h>
 #include <common/time.h>
@@ -111,7 +112,6 @@
 #include <proto/frontend.h>
 #include <proto/http_rules.h>
 #include <proto/listener.h>
-#include <proto/openssl-compat.h>
 #include <proto/pattern.h>
 #include <proto/proto_tcp.h>
 #include <proto/proto_http.h>