diff --git a/package/x11r7/xwayland/Config.in b/package/x11r7/xwayland/Config.in
index 311dae25ec..3df8677545 100644
--- a/package/x11r7/xwayland/Config.in
+++ b/package/x11r7/xwayland/Config.in
@@ -3,12 +3,12 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_XWAYLAND
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # fork()
 	depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS # wayland
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS # wayland
-	# We need a SHA1 implementation. If either openssl or
-	# libgcrypt are already part of the build, we'll use one of
-	# them, otherwise, use the small libsha1 library.
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_SYNC_4 # xlib_libxshmfence
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBDRM
-	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBSHA1 if (!BR2_PACKAGE_OPENSSL && !BR2_PACKAGE_LIBGCRYPT)
+	# We need a SHA1 implementation. If either openssl, libgcrypt, nettle or
+	# libsha1 are already part of the build, we'll use one of them,
+	# otherwise, use the small libmd library.
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBMD if (!BR2_PACKAGE_OPENSSL && !BR2_PACKAGE_LIBGCRYPT && !BR2_PACKAGE_NETTLE && !BR2_PACKAGE_LIBSHA1)
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_PIXMAN
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_WAYLAND
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_WAYLAND_PROTOCOLS
diff --git a/package/x11r7/xwayland/xwayland.mk b/package/x11r7/xwayland/xwayland.mk
index 59d607fb5b..98bc74200a 100644
--- a/package/x11r7/xwayland/xwayland.mk
+++ b/package/x11r7/xwayland/xwayland.mk
@@ -69,15 +69,22 @@ else
 XWAYLAND_CONF_OPTS += -Dxselinux=false
 endif
 
-ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_OPENSSL),y)
-XWAYLAND_CONF_OPTS += -Dsha1=libcrypto
-XWAYLAND_DEPENDENCIES += openssl
+# The order of the preferred SHA1 libraries should match used by meson.build.
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBMD),y)
+XWAYLAND_CONF_OPTS += -Dsha1=libmd
+XWAYLAND_DEPENDENCIES += libmd
+else ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBSHA1),y)
+XWAYLAND_CONF_OPTS += -Dsha1=libsha1
+XWAYLAND_DEPENDENCIES += libsha1
+else ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_NETTLE),y)
+XWAYLAND_CONF_OPTS += -Dsha1=libnettle
+XWAYLAND_DEPENDENCIES += nettle
 else ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBGCRYPT),y)
 XWAYLAND_CONF_OPTS += -Dsha1=libgcrypt
 XWAYLAND_DEPENDENCIES += libgcrypt
 else
-XWAYLAND_CONF_OPTS += -Dsha1=libsha1
-XWAYLAND_DEPENDENCIES += libsha1
+XWAYLAND_CONF_OPTS += -Dsha1=libcrypto
+XWAYLAND_DEPENDENCIES += openssl
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBUNWIND),y)