diff --git a/wolfssl/wolfcrypt/settings.h b/wolfssl/wolfcrypt/settings.h
index 146e5c594..e1fd851f4 100644
--- a/wolfssl/wolfcrypt/settings.h
+++ b/wolfssl/wolfcrypt/settings.h
@@ -3086,6 +3086,12 @@ extern void uITRON4_free(void *p) ;
     #define OPENSSL_EXTRA_X509_SMALL
 #endif /* OPENSSL_EXTRA */
 
+/* compatibility for EVP_CipherUpdate with AES-GCM */
+#if defined(OPENSSL_EXTRA) || defined(OPENSSL_ALL)
+    #undef  WOLFSSL_AESGCM_STREAM
+    #define WOLFSSL_AESGCM_STREAM
+#endif
+
 /* support for converting DER to PEM */
 #if (defined(WOLFSSL_KEY_GEN) && !defined(WOLFSSL_NO_DER_TO_PEM)) || \
     defined(WOLFSSL_CERT_GEN) || defined(OPENSSL_EXTRA)