diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index fd0aaf4d5b402b9fe6f67011bd74bd7003f76fed..33c30602edd5855855739fa0f330822d07b90a13 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -289,8 +289,15 @@
      whose return value is often ignored. 
      [Steve Henson]
 
- Changes between 1.0.1a and 1.0.1b [xx XXX xxxx]
-
+ 
+ Changes between 1.0.1b and 1.0.1c [xx XXX xxxx]
+ 
+  *) In FIPS mode don't try to use composite ciphers as they are not
+     approved.
+     [Steve Henson]
+ 
+ Changes between 1.0.1a and 1.0.1b [26 Apr 2012]
+ 
   *) OpenSSL 1.0.0 sets SSL_OP_ALL to 0x80000FFFL and OpenSSL 1.0.1 and
      1.0.1a set SSL_OP_NO_TLSv1_1 to 0x00000400L which would unfortunately
      mean any application compiled against OpenSSL 1.0.0 headers setting
diff --git a/ssl/ssl_ciph.c b/ssl/ssl_ciph.c
index a96a5daaf5d2b9c3404b78eea04f9f3bb96b8679..6db2aa945d0cfe8ad8cffdd54ca934766a58e644 100644
--- a/ssl/ssl_ciph.c
+++ b/ssl/ssl_ciph.c
@@ -620,6 +620,11 @@ int ssl_cipher_get_evp(const SSL_SESSION *s, const EVP_CIPHER **enc,
 		    s->ssl_version < TLS1_VERSION)
 			return 1;
 
+#ifdef OPENSSL_FIPS
+		if (FIPS_mode())
+			return 1;
+#endif
+
 		if	(c->algorithm_enc == SSL_RC4 &&
 			 c->algorithm_mac == SSL_MD5 &&
 			 (evp=EVP_get_cipherbyname("RC4-HMAC-MD5")))