diff --git a/package/poco/Config.in b/package/poco/Config.in
index 24514a3714..dd87ee36bb 100644
--- a/package/poco/Config.in
+++ b/package/poco/Config.in
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_POCO_NET
 config BR2_PACKAGE_POCO_CRYPTO
 	bool "crypto"
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_OPENSSL
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBOPENSSL_ENABLE_DES if BR2_PACKAGE_LIBOPENSSL
 
 config BR2_PACKAGE_POCO_NETSSL_OPENSSL
 	bool "netssl_openssl"