diff --git a/package/libp11/Config.in b/package/libp11/Config.in
index 3c7ccdee27..3bf13a6051 100644
--- a/package/libp11/Config.in
+++ b/package/libp11/Config.in
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_LIBP11
 	bool "libp11"
 	depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS # dlopen
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBOPENSSL_ENGINES
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_OPENSSL
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_OPENSSL_FORCE_LIBOPENSSL
 	help