--- a/openj9/runtime/compiler/runtime/Listener.cpp
+++ b/openj9/runtime/compiler/runtime/Listener.cpp
@@ -44,6 +44,10 @@
 #include "runtime/CompileService.hpp"
 #include "runtime/Listener.hpp"
 
+#ifndef SSL_R_UNEXPECTED_EOF_WHILE_READING
+#define SSL_R_UNEXPECTED_EOF_WHILE_READING 294
+#endif
+
 static bool
 handleOpenSSLConnectionError(int connfd, SSL *&ssl, BIO *&bio, const char *errMsg, int ret, TR::CompilationInfo *compInfo)
    {