diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index b4aa450d..5d003ec7 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ To be released as 0.11.5.
 * bug 698: Attach controls to the intended form even if it is
   incorrectly nested in a table.  (Was broken in 0.11.4.)
 * build bug 1021: fixed uninitialized variable in http_got_header
+* build: don't use libgnutls-openssl, which is no longer GPLv2
+  compatible in GnuTLS 2.2.0
 
 ELinks 0.11.4:
 --------------
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index c7e7081e..47d505b5 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -955,12 +955,10 @@ else
 			CFLAGS="$CFLAGS_X"
 			AC_SUBST(GNUTLS_CFLAGS)
 
-			# Verify if the MD5 compatibility layer is usable.
-			CONFIG_GNUTLS_OPENSSL_COMPAT=yes
-			EL_CHECK_OPTIONAL_LIBRARY(CONFIG_GNUTLS_OPENSSL_COMPAT,
-						  [GNU TLS OpenSSL compatibility],
-						  gnutls/openssl.h, gnutls-openssl,
-						  MD5_Init)
+			# GnuTLS 2.2.0 changed libgnutls-openssl from GPLv2+
+			# to GPLv3+.  Don't link that with the GPLv2 ELinks.
+			# ELinks will use its internal MD5 code instead.
+			CONFIG_GNUTLS_OPENSSL_COMPAT=no
 		else
 			if test -n "$gnutls_withval" && test "x$gnutls_withval" != xno; then
 				AC_MSG_ERROR([GNUTLS (1.2 or later) not found.  ELinks no longer supports GNUTLS 1.1.])