diff --git a/profiles/osapi/modern.h b/profiles/osapi/modern.h
index bf5afae..0bdcbbe 100644
--- a/profiles/osapi/modern.h
+++ b/profiles/osapi/modern.h
@@ -318,6 +318,15 @@
 #define WITH_THREAD                     1
 
 
+/* ssl ciphers */
+#define PY_SSL_DEFAULT_CIPHERS_CUSTOM   0
+#define PY_SSL_DEFAULT_CIPHERS_PYTHON   1
+#define PY_SSL_DEFAULT_CIPHERS_SSLLIB   2
+
+#ifndef PY_SSL_DEFAULT_CIPHERS
+#define PY_SSL_DEFAULT_CIPHERS          PY_SSL_DEFAULT_CIPHERS_PYTHON
+#endif
+
 /* features */
 #ifndef _ALL_SOURCE
 #define _ALL_SOURCE                     1