diff --git a/qutebrowser/misc/earlyinit.py b/qutebrowser/misc/earlyinit.py
index c2b631f96..c53492360 100644
--- a/qutebrowser/misc/earlyinit.py
+++ b/qutebrowser/misc/earlyinit.py
@@ -309,13 +309,14 @@ def earlyinit(args):
     # Here we check if QtCore is available, and if not, print a message to the
     # console or via Tk.
     check_pyqt_core()
+    # Init logging as early as possible
+    init_log(args)
     # Now the faulthandler is enabled we fix the Qt harfbuzzing library, before
     # importing QtWidgets.
     fix_harfbuzz(args)
     # Now we can be sure QtCore is available, so we can print dialogs on
     # errors, so people only using the GUI notice them as well.
     check_qt_version()
-    check_ssl_support()
     remove_inputhook()
     check_libraries(args)
-    init_log(args)
+    check_ssl_support()
diff --git a/qutebrowser/utils/log.py b/qutebrowser/utils/log.py
index 7f67ae9f2..76d8e0dc7 100644
--- a/qutebrowser/utils/log.py
+++ b/qutebrowser/utils/log.py
@@ -330,6 +330,10 @@ def qt_message_handler(msg_type, context, msg):
         "Image of format '' blocked because it is not considered safe. If you "
             "are sure it is safe to do so, you can white-list the format by "
             "setting the environment variable QTWEBKIT_IMAGEFORMAT_WHITELIST=",
+        # Installing Qt from the installer may cause it looking for SSL3 which
+        # may not be available on the system
+        "QSslSocket: cannot resolve SSLv3_client_method",
+        "QSslSocket: cannot resolve SSLv3_server_method",
     ]
     if sys.platform == 'darwin':
         suppressed_msgs += [