diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 4c06143..ec55ff1 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ sys.path.insert(0, package_dir)
 
 import wolfssl
 from wolfssl._build_wolfssl import build_wolfssl
+from wolfssl._build_wolfssl import wolfssl_inc_path, wolfssl_lib_path
 
 
 # long_description
@@ -43,6 +44,26 @@ with open("LICENSING.rst") as licensing_file:
     long_description = long_description.replace(".. include:: LICENSING.rst\n",
                                                 licensing_file.read())
 
+def verify_wolfssl_config():
+    # verify wolfSSL library has been configured correctly, so that cffi
+    # binding work correctly.
+
+    # open <wolfssl/options.h> header to parse for #define's
+    # This will throw a FileNotFoundError if not able to find options.h
+    optionsHeaderPath = wolfssl_inc_path() + "/wolfssl/options.h"
+    optionsHeader = open(optionsHeaderPath, 'r')
+    optionsHeaderStr = optionsHeader.read()
+    optionsHeader.close()
+
+    # require HAVE_SNI (--enable-sni) in native lib
+    if '#define HAVE_SNI' not in optionsHeaderStr:
+        raise RuntimeError("wolfSSL needs to be compiled with --enable-sni")
+
+    # require OPENSSL_EXTRA (--enable-opensslextra) in native lib
+    if '#define OPENSSL_EXTRA' not in optionsHeaderStr:
+        raise RuntimeError("wolfSSL needs to be compiled with "
+            "--enable-opensslextra")
+
 class cffiBuilder(build_ext, object):
 
     def build_extension(self, ext):
@@ -54,6 +75,8 @@ class cffiBuilder(build_ext, object):
         if os.environ.get("USE_LOCAL_WOLFSSL") is None:
             build_wolfssl(wolfssl.__wolfssl_version__)
 
+        verify_wolfssl_config()
+
         super(cffiBuilder, self).build_extension(ext)
 
 setup(
diff --git a/src/wolfssl/_build_ffi.py b/src/wolfssl/_build_ffi.py
index bfcc629..1a15344 100644
--- a/src/wolfssl/_build_ffi.py
+++ b/src/wolfssl/_build_ffi.py
@@ -26,21 +26,6 @@ from distutils.util import get_platform
 from cffi import FFI
 from wolfssl._build_wolfssl import wolfssl_inc_path, wolfssl_lib_path
 
-# open <wolfssl/options.h> header to parse for #define's
-# This will throw a FileNotFoundError if not able to find options.h
-optionsHeaderPath = wolfssl_inc_path() + "/wolfssl/options.h"
-optionsHeader = open(optionsHeaderPath, 'r')
-optionsHeaderStr = optionsHeader.read()
-optionsHeader.close()
-
-# require HAVE_SNI (--enable-sni) in native lib
-if '#define HAVE_SNI' not in optionsHeaderStr:
-    raise SystemExit("wolfSSL needs to be compiled with --enable-sni")
-
-# require OPENSSL_EXTRA (--enable-opensslextra) in native lib
-if '#define OPENSSL_EXTRA' not in optionsHeaderStr:
-    raise SystemExit("wolfSSL needs to be compiled with --enable-opensslextra")
-
 ffi = FFI()
 
 ffi.set_source(
diff --git a/src/wolfssl/_build_wolfssl.py b/src/wolfssl/_build_wolfssl.py
index f398186..a5d9751 100644
--- a/src/wolfssl/_build_wolfssl.py
+++ b/src/wolfssl/_build_wolfssl.py
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ WOLFSSL_SRC_PATH = local_path("lib/wolfssl/src")
 def wolfssl_inc_path():
     wolfssl_path = os.environ.get("USE_LOCAL_WOLFSSL")
     if wolfssl_path is None:
-        return local_path("lib/wolfssl")
+        return local_path("lib/wolfssl/src")
     else:
         if os.path.isdir(wolfssl_path) and os.path.exists(wolfssl_path):
             return wolfssl_path + "/include"