diff --git a/src/qt/forms/rpcconsole.ui b/src/qt/forms/rpcconsole.ui
index be0f4ebe9..2d8237f36 100644
--- a/src/qt/forms/rpcconsole.ui
+++ b/src/qt/forms/rpcconsole.ui
@@ -87,13 +87,39 @@
         </widget>
        </item>
        <item row="3" column="0">
+        <widget class="QLabel" name="label_14">
+         <property name="text">
+          <string>Using OpenSSL version</string>
+         </property>
+         <property name="indent">
+          <number>10</number>
+         </property>
+        </widget>
+       </item>
+       <item row="3" column="1">
+        <widget class="QLabel" name="openSSLVersion">
+         <property name="cursor">
+          <cursorShape>IBeamCursor</cursorShape>
+         </property>
+         <property name="text">
+          <string>N/A</string>
+         </property>
+         <property name="textFormat">
+          <enum>Qt::PlainText</enum>
+         </property>
+         <property name="textInteractionFlags">
+          <set>Qt::LinksAccessibleByMouse|Qt::TextSelectableByKeyboard|Qt::TextSelectableByMouse</set>
+         </property>
+        </widget>
+       </item>
+       <item row="4" column="0">
         <widget class="QLabel" name="label_12">
          <property name="text">
           <string>Build date</string>
          </property>
         </widget>
        </item>
-       <item row="3" column="1">
+       <item row="4" column="1">
         <widget class="QLabel" name="buildDate">
          <property name="cursor">
           <cursorShape>IBeamCursor</cursorShape>
@@ -109,14 +135,14 @@
          </property>
         </widget>
        </item>
-       <item row="4" column="0">
+       <item row="5" column="0">
         <widget class="QLabel" name="label_13">
          <property name="text">
           <string>Startup time</string>
          </property>
         </widget>
        </item>
-       <item row="4" column="1">
+       <item row="5" column="1">
         <widget class="QLabel" name="startupTime">
          <property name="cursor">
           <cursorShape>IBeamCursor</cursorShape>
@@ -132,7 +158,7 @@
          </property>
         </widget>
        </item>
-       <item row="5" column="0">
+       <item row="6" column="0">
         <widget class="QLabel" name="label_11">
          <property name="font">
           <font>
@@ -145,14 +171,14 @@
          </property>
         </widget>
        </item>
-       <item row="6" column="0">
+       <item row="7" column="0">
         <widget class="QLabel" name="label_7">
          <property name="text">
           <string>Number of connections</string>
          </property>
         </widget>
        </item>
-       <item row="6" column="1">
+       <item row="7" column="1">
         <widget class="QLabel" name="numberOfConnections">
          <property name="cursor">
           <cursorShape>IBeamCursor</cursorShape>
@@ -168,14 +194,14 @@
          </property>
         </widget>
        </item>
-       <item row="7" column="0">
+       <item row="8" column="0">
         <widget class="QLabel" name="label_8">
          <property name="text">
           <string>On testnet</string>
          </property>
         </widget>
        </item>
-       <item row="7" column="1">
+       <item row="8" column="1">
         <widget class="QCheckBox" name="isTestNet">
          <property name="enabled">
           <bool>false</bool>
@@ -185,7 +211,7 @@
          </property>
         </widget>
        </item>
-       <item row="8" column="0">
+       <item row="9" column="0">
         <widget class="QLabel" name="label_10">
          <property name="font">
           <font>
@@ -198,14 +224,14 @@
          </property>
         </widget>
        </item>
-       <item row="9" column="0">
+       <item row="10" column="0">
         <widget class="QLabel" name="label_3">
          <property name="text">
           <string>Current number of blocks</string>
          </property>
         </widget>
        </item>
-       <item row="9" column="1">
+       <item row="10" column="1">
         <widget class="QLabel" name="numberOfBlocks">
          <property name="cursor">
           <cursorShape>IBeamCursor</cursorShape>
@@ -221,14 +247,14 @@
          </property>
         </widget>
        </item>
-       <item row="10" column="0">
+       <item row="11" column="0">
         <widget class="QLabel" name="label_4">
          <property name="text">
           <string>Estimated total blocks</string>
          </property>
         </widget>
        </item>
-       <item row="10" column="1">
+       <item row="11" column="1">
         <widget class="QLabel" name="totalBlocks">
          <property name="cursor">
           <cursorShape>IBeamCursor</cursorShape>
@@ -244,14 +270,14 @@
          </property>
         </widget>
        </item>
-       <item row="11" column="0">
+       <item row="12" column="0">
         <widget class="QLabel" name="label_2">
          <property name="text">
           <string>Last block time</string>
          </property>
         </widget>
        </item>
-       <item row="11" column="1">
+       <item row="12" column="1">
         <widget class="QLabel" name="lastBlockTime">
          <property name="cursor">
           <cursorShape>IBeamCursor</cursorShape>
@@ -267,7 +293,7 @@
          </property>
         </widget>
        </item>
-       <item row="12" column="0">
+       <item row="13" column="0">
         <spacer name="verticalSpacer_2">
          <property name="orientation">
           <enum>Qt::Vertical</enum>
@@ -280,7 +306,7 @@
          </property>
         </spacer>
        </item>
-       <item row="13" column="0">
+       <item row="14" column="0">
         <widget class="QLabel" name="labelDebugLogfile">
          <property name="font">
           <font>
@@ -293,7 +319,7 @@
          </property>
         </widget>
        </item>
-       <item row="14" column="0">
+       <item row="15" column="0">
         <widget class="QPushButton" name="openDebugLogfileButton">
          <property name="toolTip">
           <string>Open the Bitcoin debug logfile from the current data directory. This can take a few seconds for large logfiles.</string>
@@ -306,7 +332,7 @@
          </property>
         </widget>
        </item>
-       <item row="15" column="0">
+       <item row="16" column="0">
         <widget class="QLabel" name="labelCLOptions">
          <property name="font">
           <font>
@@ -319,7 +345,7 @@
          </property>
         </widget>
        </item>
-       <item row="16" column="0">
+       <item row="17" column="0">
         <widget class="QPushButton" name="showCLOptionsButton">
          <property name="toolTip">
           <string>Show the Bitcoin-Qt help message to get a list with possible Bitcoin command-line options.</string>
@@ -332,7 +358,7 @@
          </property>
         </widget>
        </item>
-       <item row="17" column="0">
+       <item row="18" column="0">
         <spacer name="verticalSpacer">
          <property name="orientation">
           <enum>Qt::Vertical</enum>
diff --git a/src/qt/rpcconsole.cpp b/src/qt/rpcconsole.cpp
index 7b40db076..08f936e71 100644
--- a/src/qt/rpcconsole.cpp
+++ b/src/qt/rpcconsole.cpp
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 #include <QScrollBar>
 
 #include <boost/tokenizer.hpp>
+#include <openssl/crypto.h>
 
 // TODO: make it possible to filter out categories (esp debug messages when implemented)
 // TODO: receive errors and debug messages through ClientModel
@@ -119,6 +120,9 @@ RPCConsole::RPCConsole(QWidget *parent) :
 
     connect(ui->clearButton, SIGNAL(clicked()), this, SLOT(clear()));
 
+    // set OpenSSL version label
+    ui->openSSLVersion->setText(SSLeay_version(SSLEAY_VERSION));
+
     startExecutor();
 
     clear();