diff --git a/package/python3/Config.in b/package/python3/Config.in
index efc4dbb3d4..7714518edc 100644
--- a/package/python3/Config.in
+++ b/package/python3/Config.in
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON3_READLINE
 config BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON3_SSL
 	bool "ssl"
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_OPENSSL
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBOPENSSL_ENABLE_BLAKE2 if BR2_PACKAGE_LIBOPENSSL
 	help
 	  _ssl module for Python3 (required for https in urllib etc).