diff --git a/package/uacme/Config.in b/package/uacme/Config.in
index 796f54754e..2c6864871c 100644
--- a/package/uacme/Config.in
+++ b/package/uacme/Config.in
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_UACME_UALPN
 	bool "enable ualpn"
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBEV
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_OPENSSL_FORCE_LIBOPENSSL \
+		if !(BR2_PACKAGE_GNUTLS || BR2_PACKAGE_MBEDTLS)
 	help
 	  Build and install ualpn, the transparent proxying tls-alpn-01
 	  challenge responder.