diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 6dfb4dd40d..631563dead 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1957,7 +1957,7 @@ OPT_CYASSL=no
 _cppflags=$CPPFLAGS
 _ldflags=$LDFLAGS
 AC_ARG_WITH(cyassl,dnl
-AC_HELP_STRING([--with-cyassl=PATH],[where to look for CyaSSL, PATH points to the installation root (default: /usr/local/cyassl)])
+AC_HELP_STRING([--with-cyassl=PATH],[where to look for CyaSSL, PATH points to the installation root (default: system lib default)])
 AC_HELP_STRING([--without-cyassl], [disable CyaSSL detection]),
   OPT_CYASSL=$withval)
 
@@ -1970,14 +1970,9 @@ if test "$OPENSSL_ENABLED" != "1"; then
     fi
 
     if test -z "$OPT_CYASSL" ; then
-      dnl check for lib in default first
+      dnl check for lib in system default first
 
-      trycyassldir="/usr/local/cyassl"
-
-      LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -L$trycyassldir/lib"
-      CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS -I$trycyassldir/include"
-
-      AC_CHECK_LIB(cyassl, InitCyaSSL,
+      AC_CHECK_LIB(cyassl, CyaSSL_Init,
       dnl libcyassl found, set the variable
        [
          AC_DEFINE(USE_CYASSL, 1, [if CyaSSL is enabled])
@@ -1999,7 +1994,7 @@ if test "$OPENSSL_ENABLED" != "1"; then
          CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS $addcflags"
       fi
 
-      AC_CHECK_LIB(cyassl, InitCyaSSL,
+      AC_CHECK_LIB(cyassl, CyaSSL_Init,
        [
        AC_DEFINE(USE_CYASSL, 1, [if CyaSSL is enabled])
        AC_SUBST(USE_CYASSL, [1])
diff --git a/docs/INTERNALS b/docs/INTERNALS
index f965ec5163..39c4df7203 100644
--- a/docs/INTERNALS
+++ b/docs/INTERNALS
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ Portability
  libssh2      0.16
  c-ares       1.6.0
  libidn       0.4.1
- cyassl       1.4.0
+ cyassl       2.0.0
  openldap     2.0
  MIT krb5 lib 1.2.4
  qsossl       V5R2M0
diff --git a/lib/cyassl.c b/lib/cyassl.c
index 31edcee06e..e552e475a1 100644
--- a/lib/cyassl.c
+++ b/lib/cyassl.c
@@ -404,14 +404,10 @@ size_t Curl_cyassl_version(char *buffer, size_t size)
 
 int Curl_cyassl_init(void)
 {
-#if (LIBCYASSL_VERSION_HEX >= 0x02000000)
-  if(SSL_library_init() != SSL_SUCCESS)
-    return 0;
-#else
-  InitCyaSSL();
-#endif
+  if(CyaSSL_Init() == 0)
+    return 1;
 
-  return 1;
+  return -1;
 }
 
 
diff --git a/lib/urldata.h b/lib/urldata.h
index 5725ba86b1..0463006c65 100644
--- a/lib/urldata.h
+++ b/lib/urldata.h
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@
 #endif
 
 #ifdef USE_CYASSL
-#include <openssl/ssl.h>
+#include <cyassl/openssl/ssl.h>
 #endif
 
 #ifdef USE_NSS