diff --git a/package/tvheadend/Config.in b/package/tvheadend/Config.in
index da6dce50f3..c033b29819 100644
--- a/package/tvheadend/Config.in
+++ b/package/tvheadend/Config.in
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ menuconfig BR2_PACKAGE_TVHEADEND
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_DTV_SCAN_TABLES
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBICONV if !BR2_ENABLE_LOCALE
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_OPENSSL
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBOPENSSL_ENABLE_DES if BR2_PACKAGE_LIBOPENSSL
 	help
 
 	  Tvheadend is a TV streaming server for Linux supporting