diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index b723245..f7ed675 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -54,9 +54,11 @@ DYLIB_MAKE_CMD=$(CC) -shared -Wl,-soname,$(DYLIB_MINOR_NAME) -o $(DYLIBNAME) $(L
 STLIBNAME=$(LIBNAME).$(STLIBSUFFIX)
 STLIB_MAKE_CMD=$(AR) rcs $(STLIBNAME)
 
-OPENSSL_PREFIX=/usr/local/opt/openssl
-CFLAGS+=-I$(OPENSSL_PREFIX)/include
-LDFLAGS+=-L$(OPENSSL_PREFIX)/lib -lssl -lcrypto
+ifdef USE_SSL
+	OPENSSL_PREFIX=/usr/local/opt/openssl
+	CFLAGS+=-I$(OPENSSL_PREFIX)/include -DHIREDIS_SSL
+	LDFLAGS+=-L$(OPENSSL_PREFIX)/lib -lssl -lcrypto
+endif
 
 # Platform-specific overrides
 uname_S := $(shell sh -c 'uname -s 2>/dev/null || echo not')
diff --git a/sslio.c b/sslio.c
index 3b08140..721a63a 100644
--- a/sslio.c
+++ b/sslio.c
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #include "sslio.h"
 
 #include <assert.h>
-#ifndef HIREDIS_NOSSL
+#ifdef HIREDIS_SSL
 #include <pthread.h>
 
 void __redisSetError(redisContext *c, int type, const char *str);
diff --git a/sslio.h b/sslio.h
index 1f46b03..9edac87 100644
--- a/sslio.h
+++ b/sslio.h
@@ -2,19 +2,26 @@
 #define REDIS_SSLIO_H
 
 
-#ifdef HIREDIS_NOSSL
+#ifndef HIREDIS_SSL
 typedef struct redisSsl {
-    int dummy;
+    size_t lastLen;
+    int wantRead;
+    int pendingWrite;
 } redisSsl;
-static void redisFreeSsl(redisSsl *) {
+static inline void redisFreeSsl(redisSsl *ssl) {
+    (void)ssl;
 }
-static int redisSslCreate(struct redisContext *c) {
+static inline int redisSslCreate(struct redisContext *c, const char *ca,
+                          const char *cert, const char *key) {
+    (void)c;(void)ca;(void)cert;(void)key;
     return REDIS_ERR;
 }
-static int redisSslRead(struct redisContect *c, char *s, size_t, n) {
+static inline int redisSslRead(struct redisContext *c, char *s, size_t n) {
+    (void)c;(void)s;(void)n;
     return -1;
 }
-static int redisSslWrite(struct redisContext *c) {
+static inline int redisSslWrite(struct redisContext *c) {
+    (void)c;
     return -1;
 }
 #else
@@ -53,5 +60,5 @@ int redisSslCreate(struct redisContext *c, const char *caPath,
 int redisSslRead(struct redisContext *c, char *buf, size_t bufcap);
 int redisSslWrite(struct redisContext *c);
 
-#endif /* !HIREDIS_NOSSL */
+#endif /* HIREDIS_SSL */
 #endif /* HIREDIS_SSLIO_H */