diff --git a/package/libtorrent/Config.in b/package/libtorrent/Config.in
index 4787f9c60d..de6487a758 100644
--- a/package/libtorrent/Config.in
+++ b/package/libtorrent/Config.in
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_LIBTORRENT
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_SYNC_1 && BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_SYNC_4
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_ZLIB
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBOPENSSL_ENABLE_RC4 if BR2_PACKAGE_LIBOPENSSL
 	help
 	  BitTorrent library written in C++ for *nix