diff --git a/engines/afalg/e_afalg.c b/engines/afalg/e_afalg.c
index 830e88b302..d8599a165b 100644
--- a/engines/afalg/e_afalg.c
+++ b/engines/afalg/e_afalg.c
@@ -69,6 +69,9 @@
 #if LINUX_VERSION_CODE <= KERNEL_VERSION(K_MAJ, K_MIN1, K_MIN2)
 # warning "AFALG ENGINE requires Kernel Headers >= 4.1.0"
 # warning "Skipping Compilation of AFALG engine"
+void engine_load_afalg_int(void)
+{
+}
 #else
 
 # include <linux/if_alg.h>
diff --git a/test/afalgtest.c b/test/afalgtest.c
index 16916b3fd7..80aa1e7550 100644
--- a/test/afalgtest.c
+++ b/test/afalgtest.c
@@ -54,6 +54,22 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <openssl/opensslconf.h>
 
+#ifndef OPENSSL_NO_AFALGENG
+# include <linux/version.h>
+# define K_MAJ   4
+# define K_MIN1  1
+# define K_MIN2  0
+# if LINUX_VERSION_CODE <= KERNEL_VERSION(K_MAJ, K_MIN1, K_MIN2)
+/*
+ * If we get here then it looks like there is a mismatch between the linux
+ * headers and the actual kernel version, so we have tried to compile with
+ * afalg support, but then skipped it in e_afalg.c. As far as this test is
+ * concerned we behave as if we had been configured without support
+ */
+#  define OPENSSL_NO_AFALGENG
+# endif
+#endif
+
 #ifndef OPENSSL_NO_AFALGENG
 #include <string.h>
 #include <openssl/engine.h>