diff --git a/libimobiledevice-nosslv3.patch b/libimobiledevice-nosslv3.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..68c9f73
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libimobiledevice-nosslv3.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- libimobiledevice-1.2.0.orig/src/idevice.c
++++ libimobiledevice-1.2.0/src/idevice.c
+@@ -678,7 +678,7 @@ LIBIMOBILEDEVICE_API idevice_error_t ide
+ 	}
+ 	BIO_set_fd(ssl_bio, (int)(long)connection->data, BIO_NOCLOSE);
+ 
+-	SSL_CTX *ssl_ctx = SSL_CTX_new(SSLv3_method());
++	SSL_CTX *ssl_ctx = SSL_CTX_new(SSLv23_method());
+ 	if (ssl_ctx == NULL) {
+ 		debug_info("ERROR: Could not create SSL context.");
+ 		BIO_free(ssl_bio);
diff --git a/libimobiledevice.changes b/libimobiledevice.changes
index 6f5ca87..004e3eb 100644
--- a/libimobiledevice.changes
+++ b/libimobiledevice.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sat Jul 18 23:35:28 UTC 2015 - crrodriguez@opensuse.org
+
+- libimobiledevice-nosslv3.patch: In tumbleweed, SSLv3_method 
+  fails because there is no sslv3 support, use SSLv233_method instead
+  to negotiate the highest TLS version available.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sun Mar  1 13:02:52 UTC 2015 - i@marguerite.su
 
diff --git a/libimobiledevice.spec b/libimobiledevice.spec
index 51b6e26..7eb22d1 100644
--- a/libimobiledevice.spec
+++ b/libimobiledevice.spec
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ BuildRequires:  python-devel
 BuildRequires:  python-plist
 BuildRequires:  readline-devel
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
+Patch0:         libimobiledevice-nosslv3.patch
 
 %description
 libimobiledevice is a software library that talks the protocols to support
@@ -104,6 +105,7 @@ Contains Python bindings for developing applications that use %{name}.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q
+%patch0 -p1
 autoreconf -fi
 sed -i -e '/Requires:/d' src/%{name}-1.0.pc.in
 sed -i -e 's/-L${libdir}//' src/%{name}-1.0.pc.in