diff --git a/package/wget/Config.in b/package/wget/Config.in
index acb20f8f09..ba03a75e7a 100644
--- a/package/wget/Config.in
+++ b/package/wget/Config.in
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_WGET
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU
 	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_BUSYBOX_SHOW_OTHERS
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBOPENSSL_ENABLE_DES if BR2_PACKAGE_LIBOPENSSL
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBOPENSSL_ENABLE_MD4 if BR2_PACKAGE_LIBOPENSSL
 	help
 	  Network utility to retrieve files from http, https and ftp.