diff --git a/package/network-manager/Config.in b/package/network-manager/Config.in
index 1f56daa187..37c4a79d16 100644
--- a/package/network-manager/Config.in
+++ b/package/network-manager/Config.in
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_NETWORK_MANAGER
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS # libglib2
 	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR # libglib2
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_DBUS
-	select BR2_PACKAGE_GNUTLS
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_GNUTLS if !BR2_PACKAGE_LIBNSS
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBGLIB2
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBNDP
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX
diff --git a/package/network-manager/network-manager.mk b/package/network-manager/network-manager.mk
index 105273a74c..a17c5e1774 100644
--- a/package/network-manager/network-manager.mk
+++ b/package/network-manager/network-manager.mk
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ NETWORK_MANAGER_DEPENDENCIES = \
 	host-libxslt \
 	host-pkgconf \
 	dbus \
-	gnutls \
 	libglib2 \
 	libndp \
 	udev \
@@ -31,7 +30,6 @@ NETWORK_MANAGER_CONF_OPTS = \
 	-Ddocs=false \
 	-Dtests=no \
 	-Dqt=false \
-	-Dcrypto=gnutls \
 	-Diptables=/usr/sbin/iptables \
 	-Difupdown=false \
 	-Dnm_cloud_setup=false \
@@ -73,6 +71,14 @@ else
 NETWORK_MANAGER_CONF_OPTS += -Dconcheck=false
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBNSS),y)
+NETWORK_MANAGER_DEPENDENCIES += libnss
+NETWORK_MANAGER_CONF_OPTS += -Dcrypto=nss
+else
+NETWORK_MANAGER_DEPENDENCIES += gnutls
+NETWORK_MANAGER_CONF_OPTS += -Dcrypto=gnutls
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBPSL),y)
 NETWORK_MANAGER_DEPENDENCIES += libpsl
 NETWORK_MANAGER_CONF_OPTS += -Dlibpsl=true