diff --git a/src/crypto/tls_openssl.c b/src/crypto/tls_openssl.c
index 912471ba2..07d303aa2 100644
--- a/src/crypto/tls_openssl.c
+++ b/src/crypto/tls_openssl.c
@@ -1106,13 +1106,13 @@ void * tls_init(const struct tls_config *conf)
 		SSL_CTX_set_session_cache_mode(ssl, SSL_SESS_CACHE_SERVER);
 		SSL_CTX_set_timeout(ssl, data->tls_session_lifetime);
 		SSL_CTX_sess_set_remove_cb(ssl, remove_session_cb);
-#if OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER >= 0x10101000L
+#if OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER >= 0x10101000L && !defined(OPENSSL_IS_BORINGSSL)
 		/* One session ticket is sufficient for EAP-TLS */
 		SSL_CTX_set_num_tickets(ssl, 1);
 #endif
 	} else {
 		SSL_CTX_set_session_cache_mode(ssl, SSL_SESS_CACHE_OFF);
-#if OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER >= 0x10101000L
+#if OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER >= 0x10101000L && !defined(OPENSSL_IS_BORINGSSL)
 		SSL_CTX_set_num_tickets(ssl, 0);
 #endif
 	}