diff --git a/package/neon/Config.in b/package/neon/Config.in
index 983134339b..d055b37607 100644
--- a/package/neon/Config.in
+++ b/package/neon/Config.in
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_NEON_ZLIB
 config BR2_PACKAGE_NEON_SSL
 	bool "SSL support"
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_OPENSSL
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBOPENSSL_ENABLE_DES if BR2_PACKAGE_LIBOPENSSL
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBOPENSSL_ENABLE_MD4 if BR2_PACKAGE_LIBOPENSSL
 	help
 	  build with SSL support