diff --git a/package/resiprocate/Config.in b/package/resiprocate/Config.in
index ed57e09c1b..509c11ffda 100644
--- a/package/resiprocate/Config.in
+++ b/package/resiprocate/Config.in
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_RESIPROCATE_REND
 
 config BR2_PACKAGE_RESIPROCATE_APPS
 	bool "resiprocate-apps"
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_OPENSSL
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_PCRE
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