diff --git a/package/mariadb/Config.in b/package/mariadb/Config.in
index d88dda3cda..acedd1da9d 100644
--- a/package/mariadb/Config.in
+++ b/package/mariadb/Config.in
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_MARIADB
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_FMT
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_NCURSES
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_OPENSSL
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBOPENSSL_ENABLE_DES if BR2_PACKAGE_LIBOPENSSL
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_PCRE2
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