diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 03dc130686..9267543a24 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -650,6 +650,20 @@ macro(openssl_check_symbol_exists SYMBOL FILES VARIABLE)
   cmake_pop_check_state()
 endmacro()
 
+# Ensure that the OpenSSL fork actually supports QUIC.
+macro(openssl_check_quic)
+  if(NOT DEFINED HAVE_SSL_CTX_SET_QUIC_METHOD)
+    if(USE_OPENSSL)
+      openssl_check_symbol_exists(SSL_CTX_set_quic_method "openssl/ssl.h" HAVE_SSL_CTX_SET_QUIC_METHOD)
+    elseif(USE_WOLFSSL)
+      openssl_check_symbol_exists(wolfSSL_set_quic_method "wolfssl/options.h;wolfssl/openssl/ssl.h" HAVE_SSL_CTX_SET_QUIC_METHOD)
+    endif()
+  endif()
+  if(NOT HAVE_SSL_CTX_SET_QUIC_METHOD)
+    message(FATAL_ERROR "QUIC support is missing in OpenSSL fork. Try setting -DOPENSSL_ROOT_DIR")
+  endif()
+endmacro()
+
 if(USE_OPENSSL OR USE_WOLFSSL)
   if(NOT DEFINED HAVE_SSL_SET0_WBIO)
     openssl_check_symbol_exists(SSL_set0_wbio "openssl/ssl.h" HAVE_SSL_SET0_WBIO)
@@ -676,18 +690,7 @@ if(USE_NGTCP2)
     else()
       find_package(NGTCP2 REQUIRED quictls)
     endif()
-
-    # Be sure that the OpenSSL/wolfSSL library actually supports QUIC.
-    if(NOT DEFINED HAVE_SSL_CTX_SET_QUIC_METHOD)
-      if(USE_OPENSSL)
-        openssl_check_symbol_exists(SSL_CTX_set_quic_method "openssl/ssl.h" HAVE_SSL_CTX_SET_QUIC_METHOD)
-      elseif(USE_WOLFSSL)
-        openssl_check_symbol_exists(wolfSSL_set_quic_method "wolfssl/options.h;wolfssl/openssl/ssl.h" HAVE_SSL_CTX_SET_QUIC_METHOD)
-      endif()
-    endif()
-    if(NOT HAVE_SSL_CTX_SET_QUIC_METHOD)
-      message(FATAL_ERROR "QUIC support is missing in OpenSSL/LibreSSL/BoringSSL/wolfSSL. Try setting -DOPENSSL_ROOT_DIR")
-    endif()
+    openssl_check_quic()
   elseif(USE_GNUTLS)
     find_package(NGTCP2 REQUIRED GnuTLS)
   else()
@@ -709,7 +712,10 @@ if(USE_QUICHE)
     message(FATAL_ERROR "Only one HTTP/3 backend can be selected!")
   endif()
   find_package(QUICHE REQUIRED)
-  CheckQuicSupportInOpenSSL()
+  if(NOT HAVE_BORINGSSL)
+    message(FATAL_ERROR "quiche requires BoringSSL")
+  endif()
+  openssl_check_quic()
   set(USE_QUICHE ON)
   include_directories(${QUICHE_INCLUDE_DIRS})
   list(APPEND CURL_LIBS ${QUICHE_LIBRARIES})