diff --git a/package/sofia-sip/sofia-sip.mk b/package/sofia-sip/sofia-sip.mk
index 54b48a7048..0ce0340d87 100644
--- a/package/sofia-sip/sofia-sip.mk
+++ b/package/sofia-sip/sofia-sip.mk
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ SOFIA_SIP_CONF_OPTS += --without-glib
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_OPENSSL),y)
-SOFIA_SIP_CONF_OPTS += --with-openssl
+SOFIA_SIP_CONF_OPTS += --with-openssl=pkg-config
 SOFIA_SIP_DEPENDENCIES += openssl
 else
 SOFIA_SIP_CONF_OPTS += --without-openssl