diff --git a/configs/freescale_imx8dxlevk_defconfig b/configs/freescale_imx8dxlevk_defconfig
index bf59e64430..0f4caa0ea9 100644
--- a/configs/freescale_imx8dxlevk_defconfig
+++ b/configs/freescale_imx8dxlevk_defconfig
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_CUSTOM_TARBALL=y
 BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_CUSTOM_TARBALL_LOCATION="$(call github,nxp-imx,uboot-imx,lf-6.1.22-2.0.0)/uboot-imx-lf-6.1.22-2.0.0.tar.gz"
 BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_BOARD_DEFCONFIG="imx8dxl_evk"
 BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_NEEDS_DTC=y
+BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_NEEDS_OPENSSL=y
 BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_DOSFSTOOLS=y
 BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_GENIMAGE=y
 BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_IMX_MKIMAGE=y