diff --git a/package/libs/wolfssl/Config.in b/package/libs/wolfssl/Config.in
index e78974c23d1..9b5ee6f0218 100644
--- a/package/libs/wolfssl/Config.in
+++ b/package/libs/wolfssl/Config.in
@@ -51,6 +51,10 @@ config WOLFSSL_HAS_ECC25519
 	bool "Include ECC Curve 25519 support"
 	default y
 
+config WOLFSSL_ALT_NAMES
+	bool "Include SAN (Subject Alternative Name) support"
+	default y
+
 config WOLFSSL_HAS_DEVCRYPTO
 	bool
 
diff --git a/package/libs/wolfssl/Makefile b/package/libs/wolfssl/Makefile
index 47501306c88..1b6dca09a3b 100644
--- a/package/libs/wolfssl/Makefile
+++ b/package/libs/wolfssl/Makefile
@@ -31,7 +31,8 @@ PKG_CONFIG_DEPENDS:=\
 	CONFIG_WOLFSSL_HAS_DH CONFIG_WOLFSSL_HAS_DTLS \
 	CONFIG_WOLFSSL_HAS_ECC25519 CONFIG_WOLFSSL_HAS_OCSP \
 	CONFIG_WOLFSSL_HAS_SESSION_TICKET CONFIG_WOLFSSL_HAS_TLSV10 \
-	CONFIG_WOLFSSL_HAS_TLSV13 CONFIG_WOLFSSL_HAS_WPAS CONFIG_WOLFSSL_HAS_CERTGEN
+	CONFIG_WOLFSSL_HAS_TLSV13 CONFIG_WOLFSSL_HAS_WPAS CONFIG_WOLFSSL_HAS_CERTGEN \
+	CONFIG_WOLFSSL_ALT_NAMES
 
 PKG_ABI_VERSION=$(patsubst %-stable,%,$(PKG_VERSION)).$(call version_abbrev,$(call confvar,$(PKG_CONFIG_DEPENDS)))
 
@@ -63,7 +64,8 @@ TARGET_CFLAGS += \
 	-fomit-frame-pointer \
 	-flto \
 	-DFP_MAX_BITS=8192 \
-	-DWOLFSSL_ALT_CERT_CHAINS
+	-DWOLFSSL_ALT_CERT_CHAINS \
+	$(if $(CONFIG_WOLFSSL_ALT_NAMES),-DWOLFSSL_ALT_NAMES)
 
 TARGET_LDFLAGS += -flto