diff --git a/test/ssltest.c b/test/ssltest.c
index 94aeebe9c067de1816a55b4673b10f23562b4c5e..8d9b2c8b1d5801731688c05ead66932d781fd5f1 100644
--- a/test/ssltest.c
+++ b/test/ssltest.c
@@ -3617,6 +3617,12 @@ static int do_test_cipherlist(void)
     int i = 0;
     const SSL_METHOD *meth;
     const SSL_CIPHER *ci, *tci = NULL;
+
+    /*
+     * This is required because ssltest "cheats" and uses internal headers to
+     * call functions, thus avoiding auto-init
+     */
+    OPENSSL_init_crypto(0, NULL);
 #endif
 
 #ifndef OPENSSL_NO_SSL3