diff --git a/ssl/ssl_lib.c b/ssl/ssl_lib.c
index 4714d89a4..26fbe87fb 100644
--- a/ssl/ssl_lib.c
+++ b/ssl/ssl_lib.c
@@ -1567,7 +1567,9 @@ SSL_CTX *SSL_CTX_new(SSL_METHOD *meth)
 	CRYPTO_new_ex_data(CRYPTO_EX_INDEX_SSL_CTX, ret, &ret->ex_data);
 
 	ret->extra_certs=NULL;
-	ret->comp_methods=SSL_COMP_get_compression_methods();
+	/* No compression for DTLS */
+	if (meth->version != DTLS1_VERSION)
+		ret->comp_methods=SSL_COMP_get_compression_methods();
 
 #ifndef OPENSSL_NO_TLSEXT
 	ret->tlsext_servername_callback = 0;