diff --git a/package/opkg/opkg.mk b/package/opkg/opkg.mk
index ea870aa21a..a550543f3e 100644
--- a/package/opkg/opkg.mk
+++ b/package/opkg/opkg.mk
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ OPKG_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf libarchive
 OPKG_LICENSE = GPL-2.0+
 OPKG_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
 OPKG_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
+OPKG_CONF_OPTS = --enable-sha256
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_OPKG_GPG_SIGN),y)
 OPKG_CONF_OPTS += --enable-gpg