diff --git a/package/freeradius-server/Config.in b/package/freeradius-server/Config.in
index 52a50bd3a7..d51d92714d 100644
--- a/package/freeradius-server/Config.in
+++ b/package/freeradius-server/Config.in
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_FREERADIUS_SERVER
 	depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS # libtalloc
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_GLIBC
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBOPENSSL_ENABLE_MD4 if BR2_PACKAGE_LIBOPENSSL
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBTALLOC
 	help
 	  FreeRADIUS is an open source server which implements