diff --git a/package/utils/busybox/config/networking/Config.in b/package/utils/busybox/config/networking/Config.in
index 861e4f9bbfa..4a84487f7a7 100644
--- a/package/utils/busybox/config/networking/Config.in
+++ b/package/utils/busybox/config/networking/Config.in
@@ -1209,6 +1209,7 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_WGET_OPENSSL
 	bool "Try to connect to HTTPS using openssl"
 	default BUSYBOX_DEFAULT_FEATURE_WGET_OPENSSL
 	depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_WGET
+	select PACKAGE_openssl-util
 	help
 	Try to use openssl to handle HTTPS.