diff --git a/source/org/jivesoftware/smack/PacketWriter.java b/source/org/jivesoftware/smack/PacketWriter.java
index fba280941..66662cb8b 100644
--- a/source/org/jivesoftware/smack/PacketWriter.java
+++ b/source/org/jivesoftware/smack/PacketWriter.java
@@ -283,7 +283,13 @@ class PacketWriter {
         stream.append(" to=\"").append(connection.serviceName).append("\"");
         stream.append(" xmlns=\"jabber:client\"");
         stream.append(" xmlns:stream=\"http://etherx.jabber.org/streams\"");
-        stream.append(" version=\"1.0\">");
+        if (connection instanceof SSLXMPPConnection) {
+            // Old SSL connections should not include indicate XMPP 1.0 compliance
+            stream.append(">");
+        }
+        else {
+            stream.append(" version=\"1.0\">");
+        }
         writer.write(stream.toString());
         writer.flush();
     }