diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index fc7389a2145..545529f5689 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ PHP                                                                        NEWS
 - GD:
   . Fixed bug #71316 (libpng warning from imagecreatefromstring). (cmb)
 
+- OpenSSL:
+  . Fixed bug #75725 (./configure: detecting RAND_egd). (Dilyan Palauzov)
+
 - SPL:
   . Fixed bug #81587 (MultipleIterator Segmentation fault w/ SimpleXMLElement
     attached). (Nikita)
diff --git a/ext/openssl/config0.m4 b/ext/openssl/config0.m4
index 9df2469363f..9714ffec174 100644
--- a/ext/openssl/config0.m4
+++ b/ext/openssl/config0.m4
@@ -28,8 +28,6 @@ if test "$PHP_OPENSSL" != "no"; then
     PHP_EVAL_LIBLINE($KERBEROS_LIBS, OPENSSL_SHARED_LIBADD)
   fi
 
-  AC_CHECK_FUNCS([RAND_egd])
-
   PHP_SETUP_OPENSSL(OPENSSL_SHARED_LIBADD,
   [
     AC_DEFINE(HAVE_OPENSSL_EXT,1,[ ])
@@ -39,4 +37,5 @@ if test "$PHP_OPENSSL" != "no"; then
   if test "$PHP_SYSTEM_CIPHERS" != "no"; then
     AC_DEFINE(USE_OPENSSL_SYSTEM_CIPHERS,1,[ Use system default cipher list instead of hardcoded value ])
   fi
+  AC_CHECK_FUNCS([RAND_egd])
 fi