diff --git a/package/transmission/Config.in b/package/transmission/Config.in
index dac4d1b330..980b042e33 100644
--- a/package/transmission/Config.in
+++ b/package/transmission/Config.in
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_TRANSMISSION
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # fork()
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_ZLIB
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_OPENSSL
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBOPENSSL_ENABLE_RC4 if BR2_PACKAGE_LIBOPENSSL
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBCURL
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBEVENT
 	help