diff --git a/gunicorn/config.py b/gunicorn/config.py
index f272bcc9..cfafe081 100644
--- a/gunicorn/config.py
+++ b/gunicorn/config.py
@@ -143,17 +143,9 @@ class Config(object):
     @property
     def ssl_options(self):
         opts = {}
-
-        for attr in('certfile', 'keyfile', 'cert_reqs', 'ssl_version', \
-                'ca_certs', 'suppress_ragged_eofs', 'do_handshake_on_connect',
-                'ciphers'):
-
-            # suppress_ragged_eofs/do_handshake_on_connect are booleans that can
-            # be False hence we use hasattr instead of getattr(self, attr, None).
-            if hasattr(self, attr):
-                value = getattr(self, attr)
-                opts[attr] = value
-
+        for name, value in self.settings.items():
+            if value.section == 'Ssl':
+                opts[name] = value.get()
         return opts
 
     @property
@@ -1552,12 +1544,13 @@ class DoHandshakeOnConnect(Setting):
     Whether to perform SSL handshake on socket connect (see stdlib ssl module's)
     """
 
-class Ciphers(Setting):
-    name = "ciphers"
-    section = "Ssl"
-    cli = ["--ciphers"]
-    validator = validate_string
-    default = 'TLSv1'
-    desc = """\
-    Ciphers to use (see stdlib ssl module's)
-    """
+if sys.version_info >= (2, 7):
+    class Ciphers(Setting):
+        name = "ciphers"
+        section = "Ssl"
+        cli = ["--ciphers"]
+        validator = validate_string
+        default = 'TLSv1'
+        desc = """\
+        Ciphers to use (see stdlib ssl module's)
+        """
diff --git a/tests/test_007-ssl.py b/tests/test_007-ssl.py
index 54a001c1..b61788d8 100644
--- a/tests/test_007-ssl.py
+++ b/tests/test_007-ssl.py
@@ -8,13 +8,17 @@
 # stdlib
 import inspect
 import ssl
+import sys
 from unittest import TestCase
 
 # gunicorn
 from gunicorn.config import KeyFile, CertFile, SSLVersion, CACerts, \
-     SuppressRaggedEOFs, DoHandshakeOnConnect, Ciphers, Setting, validate_bool, validate_string, \
+     SuppressRaggedEOFs, DoHandshakeOnConnect, Setting, validate_bool, validate_string, \
      validate_pos_int
 
+if sys.version_info >= (2, 7):
+    from gunicorn.config import Ciphers
+
 class SSLTestCase(TestCase):
     def test_settings_classes(self):
         """ Tests all settings options and their defaults.
@@ -59,8 +63,10 @@ class SSLTestCase(TestCase):
         self.assertEquals(DoHandshakeOnConnect.action, 'store_true')
         self.assertEquals(DoHandshakeOnConnect.default, False)
 
-        self.assertTrue(issubclass(Ciphers, Setting))        
-        self.assertEquals(Ciphers.name, 'ciphers')
-        self.assertEquals(Ciphers.section, 'Ssl')
-        self.assertEquals(Ciphers.cli, ['--ciphers'])
-        self.assertEquals(Ciphers.default, 'TLSv1')
+
+        if sys.version_info >= (2, 7):
+            self.assertTrue(issubclass(Ciphers, Setting))        
+            self.assertEquals(Ciphers.name, 'ciphers')
+            self.assertEquals(Ciphers.section, 'Ssl')
+            self.assertEquals(Ciphers.cli, ['--ciphers'])
+            self.assertEquals(Ciphers.default, 'TLSv1')