diff --git a/package/clamav/Config.in b/package/clamav/Config.in
index ae5cad036a..839518ebd6 100644
--- a/package/clamav/Config.in
+++ b/package/clamav/Config.in
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_CLAMAV
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBXML2
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_MUSL_FTS if !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_GLIBC
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_OPENSSL
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBOPENSSL_ENABLE_DES if BR2_PACKAGE_LIBOPENSSL
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_PCRE2
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_ZLIB
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_ZLIB_FORCE_LIBZLIB