diff --git a/package/s6-networking/s6-networking.mk b/package/s6-networking/s6-networking.mk
index d687c567cd..8869186669 100644
--- a/package/s6-networking/s6-networking.mk
+++ b/package/s6-networking/s6-networking.mk
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ S6_NETWORKING_CONF_OPTS = \
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBRESSL),y)
 S6_NETWORKING_CONF_OPTS += --enable-ssl=libressl
 S6_NETWORKING_DEPENDENCIES += libressl
+else ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_BEARSSL),y)
+S6_NETWORKING_CONF_OPTS += --enable-ssl=bearssl
+S6_NETWORKING_DEPENDENCIES += bearssl
 endif
 
 define S6_NETWORKING_CONFIGURE_CMDS