diff --git a/package/freeradius-server/Config.in b/package/freeradius-server/Config.in
index e99778ea49..40401f57c7 100644
--- a/package/freeradius-server/Config.in
+++ b/package/freeradius-server/Config.in
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_FREERADIUS_SERVER
 	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_LIBOPENSSL_ENABLE_RC4 if BR2_PACKAGE_LIBOPENSSL
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBTALLOC
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBXCRYPT if BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_GLIBC
 	help