diff --git a/package/uftp/Config.in b/package/uftp/Config.in
index b88fb03ae2..a9296e595c 100644
--- a/package/uftp/Config.in
+++ b/package/uftp/Config.in
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_UFTP
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # fork()
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
 	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_OPENSSL_FORCE_LIBOPENSSL if BR2_PACKAGE_OPENSSL
 	help
 	  Encrypted UDP based FTP with multicast.