diff --git a/package/python3/python3.mk b/package/python3/python3.mk
index cffb34e264..6d03e2c6b1 100644
--- a/package/python3/python3.mk
+++ b/package/python3/python3.mk
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ endif
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON3_SSL),y)
 PYTHON3_DEPENDENCIES += openssl
+PYTHON3_CONF_OPTS += --with-openssl=$(STAGING_DIR)/usr
 else
 PYTHON3_CONF_OPTS += --disable-openssl
 endif