diff --git a/lib/vtls/openssl.c b/lib/vtls/openssl.c
index 78aacd0228..25e065d6cb 100644
--- a/lib/vtls/openssl.c
+++ b/lib/vtls/openssl.c
@@ -4454,7 +4454,13 @@ static size_t ossl_version(char *buffer, size_t size)
                    (LIBRESSL_VERSION_NUMBER>>12)&0xff);
 #endif
 #elif defined(OPENSSL_IS_BORINGSSL)
+#ifdef CURL_BORINGSSL_VERSION
+  return msnprintf(buffer, size, "%s/%s",
+                   OSSL_PACKAGE,
+                   CURL_BORINGSSL_VERSION);
+#else
   return msnprintf(buffer, size, OSSL_PACKAGE);
+#endif
 #elif defined(HAVE_OPENSSL_VERSION) && defined(OPENSSL_VERSION_STRING)
   return msnprintf(buffer, size, "%s/%s",
                    OSSL_PACKAGE, OpenSSL_version(OPENSSL_VERSION_STRING));