diff --git a/src/event/ngx_event_openssl.c b/src/event/ngx_event_openssl.c
index eb41831..148705c 100644
--- a/src/event/ngx_event_openssl.c
+++ b/src/event/ngx_event_openssl.c
@@ -837,7 +837,9 @@
     BIO               *rbio, *wbio;
     ngx_connection_t  *c;
 
-    if (where & SSL_CB_HANDSHAKE_START) {
+    if ((where & SSL_CB_HANDSHAKE_START)
+        && SSL_is_server((ngx_ssl_conn_t *) ssl_conn))
+    {
         c = ngx_ssl_get_connection((ngx_ssl_conn_t *) ssl_conn);
 
         if (c->ssl->handshaked) {
diff --git a/src/event/ngx_event_openssl.h b/src/event/ngx_event_openssl.h
index 607ee90..2a14980 100644
--- a/src/event/ngx_event_openssl.h
+++ b/src/event/ngx_event_openssl.h
@@ -54,6 +54,11 @@
 #define ngx_ssl_conn_t          SSL
 
 
+#if (OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER < 0x10002000L)
+#define SSL_is_server(s)        (s)->server
+#endif
+
+
 struct ngx_ssl_s {
     SSL_CTX                    *ctx;
     ngx_log_t                  *log;