diff --git a/package/postgresql/Config.in b/package/postgresql/Config.in
index 2debdc24d7..b42b219558 100644
--- a/package/postgresql/Config.in
+++ b/package/postgresql/Config.in
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_POSTGRESQL
 	# postgresql is unlikely to be used in a pure statically
 	# linked environment.
 	depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBOPENSSL_ENABLE_BLOWFISH if BR2_PACKAGE_LIBOPENSSL
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBOPENSSL_ENABLE_CAST if BR2_PACKAGE_LIBOPENSSL
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBOPENSSL_ENABLE_DES if BR2_PACKAGE_LIBOPENSSL
 	help
 	  PostgreSQL is a powerful, open source object-relational
 	  database system.