diff --git a/packages/vue-cli-plugin-uni/index.js b/packages/vue-cli-plugin-uni/index.js
index 2c854df487eed729d78176804c19c7530ecefc84..9a1bb7f75b78cc2a63141a429939d2386d1b292b 100644
--- a/packages/vue-cli-plugin-uni/index.js
+++ b/packages/vue-cli-plugin-uni/index.js
@@ -1,5 +1,21 @@
 const path = require('path')
 
+const crypto = require('crypto')
+
+/**
+ * The MD4 algorithm is not available anymore in Node.js 17+ (because of library SSL 3).
+ * In that case, silently replace MD4 by the MD5 algorithm.
+ */
+try {
+  crypto.createHash('md4')
+} catch (e) {
+  // console.warn('Crypto "MD4" is not supported anymore by this Node.js version');
+  const origCreateHash = crypto.createHash
+  crypto.createHash = (alg, opts) => {
+    return origCreateHash(alg === 'md4' ? 'md5' : alg, opts)
+  }
+}
+
 const {
   manifestPlatformOptions
 } = require('./lib/env')