diff --git a/cmake/Modules/FindLibGcrypt.cmake b/cmake/Modules/FindLibGcrypt.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0e1727f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmake/Modules/FindLibGcrypt.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+
+# - Try to find the Gcrypt library
+# Once run this will define
+#
+#  LIBGCRYPT_FOUND - set if the system has the gcrypt library
+#  LIBGCRYPT_CFLAGS - the required gcrypt compilation flags
+#  LIBGCRYPT_LIBRARIES - the linker libraries needed to use the gcrypt library
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2006 Brad Hards <bradh@kde.org>
+#
+# Redistribution and use is allowed according to the terms of the BSD license.
+# For details see the accompanying COPYING-CMAKE-SCRIPTS file.
+
+# libgcrypt is moving to pkg-config, but earlier version don't have it
+
+#search in typical paths for libgcrypt-config
+FIND_PROGRAM(LIBGCRYPTCONFIG_EXECUTABLE NAMES libgcrypt-config)
+
+#reset variables
+set(LIBGCRYPT_LIBRARIES)
+set(LIBGCRYPT_CFLAGS)
+
+# if libgcrypt-config has been found
+IF(LIBGCRYPTCONFIG_EXECUTABLE)
+
+  EXEC_PROGRAM(${LIBGCRYPTCONFIG_EXECUTABLE} ARGS --libs RETURN_VALUE _return_VALUE OUTPUT_VARIABLE LIBGCRYPT_LIBRARIES)
+
+  EXEC_PROGRAM(${LIBGCRYPTCONFIG_EXECUTABLE} ARGS --cflags RETURN_VALUE _return_VALUE OUTPUT_VARIABLE LIBGCRYPT_CFLAGS)
+
+  IF(${LIBGCRYPT_CFLAGS} MATCHES "\n")
+    SET(LIBGCRYPT_CFLAGS " ")
+  ENDIF(${LIBGCRYPT_CFLAGS} MATCHES "\n")
+
+  IF(LIBGCRYPT_LIBRARIES AND LIBGCRYPT_CFLAGS)
+    SET(LIBGCRYPT_FOUND TRUE)
+  ENDIF(LIBGCRYPT_LIBRARIES AND LIBGCRYPT_CFLAGS)
+
+ENDIF(LIBGCRYPTCONFIG_EXECUTABLE)
+
+if (LIBGCRYPT_FOUND)
+   if (NOT LibGcrypt_FIND_QUIETLY)
+      message(STATUS "Found libgcrypt: ${LIBGCRYPT_LIBRARIES}")
+   endif (NOT LibGcrypt_FIND_QUIETLY)
+else (LIBGCRYPT_FOUND)
+   if (LibGcrypt_FIND_REQUIRED)
+      message(FATAL_ERROR "Could not find libgcrypt libraries")
+   endif (LibGcrypt_FIND_REQUIRED)
+endif (LIBGCRYPT_FOUND)
+
+MARK_AS_ADVANCED(LIBGCRYPT_CFLAGS LIBGCRYPT_LIBRARIES)
diff --git a/grive/src/main.cc b/grive/src/main.cc
index f819311..bdb127f 100644
--- a/grive/src/main.cc
+++ b/grive/src/main.cc
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@
 
 #include <boost/exception/all.hpp>
 
+#include <gcrypt.h>
+
 #include <cassert>
 #include <cstdlib>
 #include <iostream>
@@ -40,10 +42,25 @@
 const std::string client_id		= "22314510474.apps.googleusercontent.com" ;
 const std::string client_secret	= "bl4ufi89h-9MkFlypcI7R785" ;
 
+// libgcrypt insist this to be done in application, not library
+void InitGCrypt()
+{
+	if ( !gcry_check_version(GCRYPT_VERSION) )
+		throw gr::Exception() << gr::expt::ErrMsg( "libgcrypt version mismatch" ) ;
+
+	// disable secure memory
+	gcry_control(GCRYCTL_DISABLE_SECMEM, 0);
+
+	// tell Libgcrypt that initialization has completed
+	gcry_control(GCRYCTL_INITIALIZATION_FINISHED, 0);
+}
+
 int main( int argc, char **argv )
 {
 	using namespace gr ;
 
+	InitGCrypt() ;
+	
 	Config config ;
 	
 	std::auto_ptr<log::CompositeLog> comp_log(new log::CompositeLog) ;
diff --git a/libgrive/CMakeLists.txt b/libgrive/CMakeLists.txt
index b57cdcc..ab0e55a 100644
--- a/libgrive/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/libgrive/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ project(libgrive)
 
 set(CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${CMAKE_MODULE_PATH} "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/Modules/")
 
-find_package(OpenSSL REQUIRED)
+find_package(LibGcrypt REQUIRED)
 find_package(JSONC REQUIRED)
 find_package(CURL REQUIRED)
 find_package(EXPAT REQUIRED)
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ add_library( grive SHARED ${LIBGRIVE_SRC} ${OPT_SRC} )
 target_link_libraries( grive
 	${CURL_LIBRARIES}
 	${JSONC_LIBRARY}
-	${OPENSSL_LIBRARIES}
+	${LIBGCRYPT_LIBRARIES}
 	${GDBM_LIBRARIES}
 	${Boost_LIBRARIES}
 	${IBERTY_LIBRARY}
diff --git a/libgrive/src/util/Crypt.cc b/libgrive/src/util/Crypt.cc
index 70a1251..43145e0 100644
--- a/libgrive/src/util/Crypt.cc
+++ b/libgrive/src/util/Crypt.cc
@@ -20,12 +20,14 @@
 #include "Crypt.hh"
 
 #include "StdioFile.hh"
+#include "Exception.hh"
 
 #include <iomanip>
 #include <sstream>
 
 // dependent libraries
-#include <openssl/evp.h>
+#include <gcrypt.h>
+#include <boost/throw_exception.hpp>
 
 namespace gr { namespace crypt {
 
@@ -47,23 +49,28 @@ std::string MD5( const fs::path& file )
 std::string MD5( StdioFile& file )
 {
 	char buf[read_size] ;
-	EVP_MD_CTX	md ;
-	EVP_MD_CTX_init( &md );
-	EVP_DigestInit_ex( &md, EVP_md5(), 0 ) ;
+	
+	gcry_md_hd_t hd ;
+	gcry_error_t err = gcry_md_open( &hd, GCRY_MD_MD5, GCRY_MD_FLAG_HMAC ) ;
+	if ( err != GPG_ERR_NO_ERROR )
+	{
+		BOOST_THROW_EXCEPTION( Exception() << expt::ErrMsg( gcry_strerror(err) ) ) ;
+	}
 	
 	std::size_t count = 0 ;
 	while ( (count = file.Read( buf, sizeof(buf) )) > 0 )
-		EVP_DigestUpdate( &md, buf, count ) ;
-	
-	unsigned int md5_size = EVP_MAX_MD_SIZE ;
-	unsigned char md5[EVP_MAX_MD_SIZE] ;
-	EVP_DigestFinal_ex( &md, md5, &md5_size ) ;
+		gcry_md_write( hd, buf, count ) ;
+	gcry_md_final(hd) ;
+
+	unsigned char *md5 = gcry_md_read( hd, GCRY_MD_MD5 ) ;
 	
 	// format the MD5 string
 	std::ostringstream ss ;
-	for ( unsigned int i = 0 ; i < md5_size ; i++ )
+	for ( unsigned int i = 0 ; i < gcry_md_get_algo_dlen(GCRY_MD_MD5) ; i++ )
 		ss << std::hex << std::setw(2) << std::setfill('0') << static_cast<int>(md5[i]) ;
 	
+	gcry_md_close( hd ) ;
+	
 	return ss.str() ;
 }