In {RSA,DSA,DH}_new_method(x) need to increase the reference
count of the ENGINE is x is not NULL since it will be freed
in {RSA,DSA,DH}_free().
diff --git a/crypto/dh/dh_lib.c b/crypto/dh/dh_lib.c
index b3c609e..2d778ef 100644
--- a/crypto/dh/dh_lib.c
+++ b/crypto/dh/dh_lib.c
@@ -142,16 +142,21 @@
 		DHerr(DH_F_DH_NEW,ERR_R_MALLOC_FAILURE);
 		return(NULL);
 		}
-	if(engine)
-		ret->engine = engine;
-	else
+
+	if (engine)
 		{
-		if((ret->engine=ENGINE_get_default_DH()) == NULL)
-			{
-			DHerr(DH_F_DH_NEW,ERR_LIB_ENGINE);
-			OPENSSL_free(ret);
-			return NULL;
-			}
+		if(ENGINE_init(engine))
+			ret->engine = engine;
+		else 
+			ret->engine = NULL;
+		}
+	else
+		ret->engine=ENGINE_get_default_DH();
+	if(ret->engine == NULL)
+		{
+		DHerr(DH_F_DH_NEW,ERR_LIB_ENGINE);
+		OPENSSL_free(ret);
+		return NULL;
 		}
 	meth = ENGINE_get_DH(ret->engine);
 	ret->pad=0;
diff --git a/crypto/dsa/dsa_lib.c b/crypto/dsa/dsa_lib.c
index 1b33705..48b228f 100644
--- a/crypto/dsa/dsa_lib.c
+++ b/crypto/dsa/dsa_lib.c
@@ -146,17 +146,24 @@
 		DSAerr(DSA_F_DSA_NEW,ERR_R_MALLOC_FAILURE);
 		return(NULL);
 		}
-	if(engine)
-		ret->engine = engine;
-	else
+
+	if (engine)
 		{
-		if((ret->engine=ENGINE_get_default_DSA()) == NULL)
-			{
-			DSAerr(DSA_F_DSA_NEW,ERR_LIB_ENGINE);
-			OPENSSL_free(ret);
-			return NULL;
-			}
+		if(ENGINE_init(engine))
+			ret->engine = engine;
+		else 
+			ret->engine = NULL;
 		}
+	else
+		ret->engine=ENGINE_get_default_DSA();
+
+	if(ret->engine == NULL)
+		{
+		DSAerr(DSA_F_DSA_NEW,ERR_LIB_ENGINE);
+		OPENSSL_free(ret);
+		return NULL;
+		}
+
 	meth = ENGINE_get_DSA(ret->engine);
 	ret->pad=0;
 	ret->version=0;
diff --git a/crypto/rsa/rsa_lib.c b/crypto/rsa/rsa_lib.c
index 3a4760c..315671a 100644
--- a/crypto/rsa/rsa_lib.c
+++ b/crypto/rsa/rsa_lib.c
@@ -162,17 +162,23 @@
 		return(NULL);
 		}
 
-	if (engine == NULL)
+	if (engine)
 		{
-		if((ret->engine=ENGINE_get_default_RSA()) == NULL)
-			{
-			RSAerr(RSA_F_RSA_NEW_METHOD,ERR_LIB_ENGINE);
-			OPENSSL_free(ret);
-			return NULL;
-			}
+		if(ENGINE_init(engine))
+			ret->engine = engine;
+		else 
+			ret->engine = NULL;
 		}
 	else
-		ret->engine=engine;
+		ret->engine=ENGINE_get_default_RSA();
+
+	if(ret->engine == NULL)
+		{
+		RSAerr(RSA_F_RSA_NEW_METHOD,ERR_LIB_ENGINE);
+		OPENSSL_free(ret);
+		return NULL;
+		}
+
 	meth = ENGINE_get_RSA(ret->engine);
 
 	ret->pad=0;