diff --git a/src/haproxy.c b/src/haproxy.c
index 50850e9..1650147 100644
--- a/src/haproxy.c
+++ b/src/haproxy.c
@@ -2297,6 +2297,11 @@
 	}
 
 #ifdef USE_OPENSSL
+#ifdef USE_OPENSSL_WOLFSSL
+        wolfSSL_Init();
+        wolfSSL_Debugging_ON();
+#endif
+
 #if (HA_OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER < 0x1010000fL)
 	/* Initialize the error strings of OpenSSL
 	 * It only needs to be done explicitely with older versions of the SSL