diff --git a/recipes/openssl/openssl.inc b/recipes/openssl/openssl.inc
index 2aff24a..d45fca9 100644
--- a/recipes/openssl/openssl.inc
+++ b/recipes/openssl/openssl.inc
@@ -106,7 +106,10 @@ do_configure () {
 	perl ./Configure ${EXTRA_OECONF} shared --prefix=$useprefix --openssldir=${libdir}/ssl $target
 
 	eval "${@base_contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'largefile', '', 'sed -i -e "/_FILE_OFFSET_BITS/,/#endif/d" ${S}/crypto/bio/bss_file.c', d)}"
-	eval "${@base_contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'ipv6', '', 'sed -i -e "/AF_INET6/,/break/d" ${S}/crypto/bio/bss_dgram.c', d)}"
+	# inject ipv6 specific code if ipv6 is enabled on host
+	if [ `lsmod | grep -q ipv6; echo $?` -eq 0 ]; then
+                eval "${@base_contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'ipv6', '', 'sed -i -e "/AF_INET6/,/break/d" ${S}/crypto/bio/bss_dgram.c', d)}"
+	fi
 }
 
 do_compile () {