diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 2a31576e34..0f455369a9 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@ def configure_openssl(o):
     o['defines'] += ['OPENSSL_NO_SSL2=1']
 
   if not options.openssl_use_sys:
-    o['variables']['node_use_system_openssl'] = b(False)
+    o['variables']['node_shared_openssl'] = b(False)
   else:
     out = pkg_config('openssl')
     (libs, cflags) = out if out else ('', '')
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ def configure_openssl(o):
     else:
       o['cflags'] += cflags.split()
 
-    o['variables']['node_use_system_openssl'] = b(
+    o['variables']['node_shared_openssl'] = b(
       libs or cflags or options.openssl_libpath or options.openssl_includes)
 
 
diff --git a/doc/api/process.markdown b/doc/api/process.markdown
index ecd132070c..35b104dfab 100644
--- a/doc/api/process.markdown
+++ b/doc/api/process.markdown
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ An example of the possible output looks like:
          node_shared_zlib: 'false',
          node_use_dtrace: 'false',
          node_use_openssl: 'true',
-         node_use_system_openssl: 'false',
+         node_shared_openssl: 'false',
          strict_aliasing: 'true',
          target_arch: 'x64',
          v8_use_snapshot: 'true' } }
diff --git a/node.gyp b/node.gyp
index 2abdcae147..3906d664bd 100644
--- a/node.gyp
+++ b/node.gyp
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     'node_shared_v8%': 'false',
     'node_shared_zlib%': 'false',
     'node_use_openssl%': 'true',
-    'node_use_system_openssl%': 'false',
+    'node_shared_openssl%': 'false',
     'library_files': [
       'src/node.js',
       'lib/_debugger.js',
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@
           'defines': [ 'HAVE_OPENSSL=1' ],
           'sources': [ 'src/node_crypto.cc' ],
           'conditions': [
-            [ 'node_use_system_openssl=="false"', {
+            [ 'node_shared_openssl=="false"', {
               'dependencies': [ './deps/openssl/openssl.gyp:openssl' ],
             }]]
         }, {