diff --git a/depends/packages/openssl.mk b/depends/packages/openssl.mk
index ad64494c1..32eb1e653 100644
--- a/depends/packages/openssl.mk
+++ b/depends/packages/openssl.mk
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 package=openssl
-$(package)_version=1.0.1j
+$(package)_version=1.0.1k
 $(package)_download_path=https://www.openssl.org/source
 $(package)_file_name=$(package)-$($(package)_version).tar.gz
-$(package)_sha256_hash=1b60ca8789ba6f03e8ef20da2293b8dc131c39d83814e775069f02d26354edf3
+$(package)_sha256_hash=8f9faeaebad088e772f4ef5e38252d472be4d878c6b3a2718c10a4fcebe7a41c
 
 define $(package)_set_vars
 $(package)_config_env=AR="$($(package)_ar)" RANLIB="$($(package)_ranlib)" CC="$($(package)_cc)"
diff --git a/src/ecwrapper.cpp b/src/ecwrapper.cpp
index c29390eb9..0236e90c1 100644
--- a/src/ecwrapper.cpp
+++ b/src/ecwrapper.cpp
@@ -117,10 +117,23 @@ bool CECKey::SetPubKey(const unsigned char* pubkey, size_t size) {
 }
 
 bool CECKey::Verify(const uint256 &hash, const std::vector<unsigned char>& vchSig) {
-    // -1 = error, 0 = bad sig, 1 = good
-    if (ECDSA_verify(0, (unsigned char*)&hash, sizeof(hash), &vchSig[0], vchSig.size(), pkey) != 1)
+    if (vchSig.empty())
         return false;
-    return true;
+
+    // New versions of OpenSSL will reject non-canonical DER signatures. de/re-serialize first.
+    unsigned char *norm_der = NULL;
+    ECDSA_SIG *norm_sig = ECDSA_SIG_new();
+    const unsigned char* sigptr = &vchSig[0];
+    d2i_ECDSA_SIG(&norm_sig, &sigptr, vchSig.size());
+    int derlen = i2d_ECDSA_SIG(norm_sig, &norm_der);
+    ECDSA_SIG_free(norm_sig);
+    if (derlen <= 0)
+        return false;
+
+    // -1 = error, 0 = bad sig, 1 = good
+    bool ret = ECDSA_verify(0, (unsigned char*)&hash, sizeof(hash), norm_der, derlen, pkey) == 1;
+    OPENSSL_free(norm_der);
+    return ret;
 }
 
 bool CECKey::Recover(const uint256 &hash, const unsigned char *p64, int rec)