diff -Nru xchat-2.8.8/debian/changelog xchat-2.8.8/debian/changelog
--- xchat-2.8.8/debian/changelog	2012-02-23 19:27:49.000000000 +0000
+++ xchat-2.8.8/debian/changelog	2014-10-20 15:56:30.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+xchat (2.8.8-3ubuntu12.1) precise; urgency=medium
+
+  * Don't force the use of SSLv3 (LP: #1381484)
+    - debian/patches/dont_force_sslv3.patch: use SSLv23_client_method()
+      so the best method gets automatically negotiated in
+      src/common/ssl.c.
+
+ -- Marc Deslauriers <marc.deslauriers@ubuntu.com>  Mon, 20 Oct 2014 11:56:17 -0400
+
 xchat (2.8.8-3ubuntu12) precise; urgency=low
 
   * debian/patches/75_apturl-support.dpatch:
diff -Nru xchat-2.8.8/debian/patches/dont_force_sslv3.patch xchat-2.8.8/debian/patches/dont_force_sslv3.patch
--- xchat-2.8.8/debian/patches/dont_force_sslv3.patch	1970-01-01 00:00:00.000000000 +0000
+++ xchat-2.8.8/debian/patches/dont_force_sslv3.patch	2014-10-20 15:56:13.000000000 +0000
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+Description: Don't force the use of SSLv3
+Author: Marc Deslauriers <marc.deslauriers@canonical.com>
+Bug: http://sourceforge.net/p/xchat/bugs/1598/
+Bug-Ubuntu: https://bugs.launchpad.net/xchat-gnome/+bug/1381484
+Forwarded: yes
+
+---
+ src/common/ssl.c |    4 ++--
+ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
+
+Index: b/src/common/ssl.c
+===================================================================
+--- a/src/common/ssl.c
++++ b/src/common/ssl.c
+@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ _SSL_context_init (void (*info_cb_func),
+ 
+ 	SSLeay_add_ssl_algorithms ();
+ 	SSL_load_error_strings ();
+-	ctx = SSL_CTX_new (server ? SSLv3_server_method() : SSLv3_client_method ());
++	ctx = SSL_CTX_new (server ? SSLv23_server_method() : SSLv23_client_method ());
+ 
+ 	SSL_CTX_set_session_cache_mode (ctx, SSL_SESS_CACHE_BOTH);
+ 	SSL_CTX_set_timeout (ctx, 300);
+@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ _SSL_socket (SSL_CTX *ctx, int sd)
+ 		__SSL_critical_error ("SSL_new");
+ 
+ 	SSL_set_fd (ssl, sd);
+-	if (ctx->method == SSLv3_client_method())
++	if (ctx->method == SSLv23_client_method())
+ 		SSL_set_connect_state (ssl);
+ 	else
+ 	        SSL_set_accept_state(ssl);
diff -Nru xchat-2.8.8/debian/patches/series xchat-2.8.8/debian/patches/series
--- xchat-2.8.8/debian/patches/series	2012-02-23 19:25:26.000000000 +0000
+++ xchat-2.8.8/debian/patches/series	2014-10-20 15:56:13.000000000 +0000
@@ -21,3 +21,4 @@
 73_libnotify07.patch
 74_xchat_glib_2.31.patch
 75_apturl.patch
+dont_force_sslv3.patch