diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
index 009c3c519..7644f6b32 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -123,6 +123,7 @@ BITCOIN_CORE_H = \
   script/standard.h \
   serialize.h \
   streams.h \
+  support/cleanse.h \
   sync.h \
   threadsafety.h \
   timedata.h \
@@ -268,6 +269,7 @@ libbitcoin_util_a_SOURCES = \
   compat/strnlen.cpp \
   random.cpp \
   rpcprotocol.cpp \
+  support/cleanse.cpp \
   sync.cpp \
   uint256.cpp \
   util.cpp \
diff --git a/src/allocators.h b/src/allocators.h
index 6a131c351..8ffe015b9 100644
--- a/src/allocators.h
+++ b/src/allocators.h
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 #ifndef BITCOIN_ALLOCATORS_H
 #define BITCOIN_ALLOCATORS_H
 
+#include "support/cleanse.h"
+
 #include <map>
 #include <string>
 #include <string.h>
@@ -14,8 +16,6 @@
 #include <boost/thread/mutex.hpp>
 #include <boost/thread/once.hpp>
 
-#include <openssl/crypto.h> // for OPENSSL_cleanse()
-
 /**
  * Thread-safe class to keep track of locked (ie, non-swappable) memory pages.
  *
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ void LockObject(const T& t)
 template <typename T>
 void UnlockObject(const T& t)
 {
-    OPENSSL_cleanse((void*)(&t), sizeof(T));
+    memory_cleanse((void*)(&t), sizeof(T));
     LockedPageManager::Instance().UnlockRange((void*)(&t), sizeof(T));
 }
 
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ struct secure_allocator : public std::allocator<T> {
     void deallocate(T* p, std::size_t n)
     {
         if (p != NULL) {
-            OPENSSL_cleanse(p, sizeof(T) * n);
+            memory_cleanse(p, sizeof(T) * n);
             LockedPageManager::Instance().UnlockRange(p, sizeof(T) * n);
         }
         std::allocator<T>::deallocate(p, n);
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ struct zero_after_free_allocator : public std::allocator<T> {
     void deallocate(T* p, std::size_t n)
     {
         if (p != NULL)
-            OPENSSL_cleanse(p, sizeof(T) * n);
+            memory_cleanse(p, sizeof(T) * n);
         std::allocator<T>::deallocate(p, n);
     }
 };
diff --git a/src/base58.cpp b/src/base58.cpp
index 980d3cbf4..c80918505 100644
--- a/src/base58.cpp
+++ b/src/base58.cpp
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ bool CBase58Data::SetString(const char* psz, unsigned int nVersionBytes)
     vchData.resize(vchTemp.size() - nVersionBytes);
     if (!vchData.empty())
         memcpy(&vchData[0], &vchTemp[nVersionBytes], vchData.size());
-    OPENSSL_cleanse(&vchTemp[0], vchData.size());
+    memory_cleanse(&vchTemp[0], vchData.size());
     return true;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/crypter.cpp b/src/crypter.cpp
index 75d84dbf1..c7f7e2167 100644
--- a/src/crypter.cpp
+++ b/src/crypter.cpp
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ bool CCrypter::SetKeyFromPassphrase(const SecureString& strKeyData, const std::v
 
     if (i != (int)WALLET_CRYPTO_KEY_SIZE)
     {
-        OPENSSL_cleanse(chKey, sizeof(chKey));
-        OPENSSL_cleanse(chIV, sizeof(chIV));
+        memory_cleanse(chKey, sizeof(chKey));
+        memory_cleanse(chIV, sizeof(chIV));
         return false;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/crypter.h b/src/crypter.h
index cbaf1562f..8a91498e2 100644
--- a/src/crypter.h
+++ b/src/crypter.h
@@ -82,8 +82,8 @@ public:
 
     void CleanKey()
     {
-        OPENSSL_cleanse(chKey, sizeof(chKey));
-        OPENSSL_cleanse(chIV, sizeof(chIV));
+        memory_cleanse(chKey, sizeof(chKey));
+        memory_cleanse(chIV, sizeof(chIV));
         fKeySet = false;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/db.cpp b/src/db.cpp
index a7f885135..3246e4b67 100644
--- a/src/db.cpp
+++ b/src/db.cpp
@@ -21,8 +21,6 @@
 #include <boost/thread.hpp>
 #include <boost/version.hpp>
 
-#include <openssl/rand.h>
-
 using namespace std;
 
 
diff --git a/src/qt/paymentrequestplus.cpp b/src/qt/paymentrequestplus.cpp
index 4c1e89802..b69461ad9 100644
--- a/src/qt/paymentrequestplus.cpp
+++ b/src/qt/paymentrequestplus.cpp
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
 
 #include <stdexcept>
 
-#include <openssl/x509.h>
 #include <openssl/x509_vfy.h>
 
 #include <QDateTime>
diff --git a/src/qt/paymentrequestplus.h b/src/qt/paymentrequestplus.h
index fbc3a0926..61f8a3415 100644
--- a/src/qt/paymentrequestplus.h
+++ b/src/qt/paymentrequestplus.h
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@
 
 #include "base58.h"
 
+#include <openssl/x509.h>
+
 #include <QByteArray>
 #include <QList>
 #include <QString>
diff --git a/src/qt/paymentserver.cpp b/src/qt/paymentserver.cpp
index 9aab944f6..96ceeb18a 100644
--- a/src/qt/paymentserver.cpp
+++ b/src/qt/paymentserver.cpp
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 
 #include <cstdlib>
 
-#include <openssl/x509.h>
 #include <openssl/x509_vfy.h>
 
 #include <QApplication>
diff --git a/src/random.cpp b/src/random.cpp
index 663456e96..ae25bee1b 100644
--- a/src/random.cpp
+++ b/src/random.cpp
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 
 #include "random.h"
 
+#include "support/cleanse.h"
 #ifdef WIN32
 #include "compat.h" // for Windows API
 #endif
@@ -18,7 +19,6 @@
 #include <sys/time.h>
 #endif
 
-#include <openssl/crypto.h>
 #include <openssl/err.h>
 #include <openssl/rand.h>
 
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ void RandAddSeed()
     // Seed with CPU performance counter
     int64_t nCounter = GetPerformanceCounter();
     RAND_add(&nCounter, sizeof(nCounter), 1.5);
-    OPENSSL_cleanse((void*)&nCounter, sizeof(nCounter));
+    memory_cleanse((void*)&nCounter, sizeof(nCounter));
 }
 
 void RandAddSeedPerfmon()
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ void RandAddSeedPerfmon()
     RegCloseKey(HKEY_PERFORMANCE_DATA);
     if (ret == ERROR_SUCCESS) {
         RAND_add(begin_ptr(vData), nSize, nSize / 100.0);
-        OPENSSL_cleanse(begin_ptr(vData), nSize);
+        memory_cleanse(begin_ptr(vData), nSize);
         LogPrint("rand", "%s: %lu bytes\n", __func__, nSize);
     } else {
         static bool warned = false; // Warn only once
diff --git a/src/streams.h b/src/streams.h
index bd8568b1a..9999c2341 100644
--- a/src/streams.h
+++ b/src/streams.h
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 #include <map>
 #include <set>
 #include <stdint.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
 #include <string>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <utility>
diff --git a/src/support/cleanse.cpp b/src/support/cleanse.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a2141b244
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/support/cleanse.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2009-2010 Satoshi Nakamoto
+// Copyright (c) 2009-2015 The Bitcoin Core developers
+// Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying
+// file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
+
+#include "cleanse.h"
+
+#include <openssl/crypto.h>
+
+void memory_cleanse(void *ptr, size_t len)
+{
+    OPENSSL_cleanse(ptr, len);
+}
diff --git a/src/support/cleanse.h b/src/support/cleanse.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3e02aa8fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/support/cleanse.h
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2009-2010 Satoshi Nakamoto
+// Copyright (c) 2009-2015 The Bitcoin Core developers
+// Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying
+// file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
+
+#ifndef BITCOIN_SUPPORT_CLEANSE_H
+#define BITCOIN_SUPPORT_CLEANSE_H
+
+#include <stdlib.h>
+
+void memory_cleanse(void *ptr, size_t len);
+
+#endif // BITCOIN_SUPPORT_CLEANSE_H