diff --git a/ixwebsocket/IXSocketOpenSSL.cpp b/ixwebsocket/IXSocketOpenSSL.cpp
index 17a5c642..6d11c3ff 100644
--- a/ixwebsocket/IXSocketOpenSSL.cpp
+++ b/ixwebsocket/IXSocketOpenSSL.cpp
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ namespace ix
         return true;
     }
 
-    bool SocketOpenSSL::openSSLHandshake(const std::string& host, std::string& errMsg)
+    bool SocketOpenSSL::openSSLClientHandshake(const std::string& host, std::string& errMsg)
     {
         while (true)
         {
@@ -375,7 +375,7 @@ namespace ix
             X509_VERIFY_PARAM* param = SSL_get0_param(_ssl_connection);
             X509_VERIFY_PARAM_set1_host(param, host.c_str(), 0);
 #endif
-            handshakeSuccessful = openSSLHandshake(host, errMsg);
+            handshakeSuccessful = openSSLClientHandshake(host, errMsg);
         }
 
         if (!handshakeSuccessful)
diff --git a/ixwebsocket/IXSocketOpenSSL.h b/ixwebsocket/IXSocketOpenSSL.h
index ca4a42c5..3a0d6251 100644
--- a/ixwebsocket/IXSocketOpenSSL.h
+++ b/ixwebsocket/IXSocketOpenSSL.h
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ namespace ix
         void openSSLInitialize();
         std::string getSSLError(int ret);
         SSL_CTX* openSSLCreateContext(std::string& errMsg);
-        bool openSSLHandshake(const std::string& hostname, std::string& errMsg);
+        bool openSSLClientHandshake(const std::string& hostname, std::string& errMsg);
         bool openSSLCheckServerCert(SSL* ssl, const std::string& hostname, std::string& errMsg);
         bool checkHost(const std::string& host, const char* pattern);
         bool handleTLSOptions(std::string& errMsg);