diff --git a/package/systemd/Config.in b/package/systemd/Config.in
index cc0736561e..00c817172d 100644
--- a/package/systemd/Config.in
+++ b/package/systemd/Config.in
@@ -234,6 +234,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_SYSTEMD_HOMED
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HEADERS_AT_LEAST_4_12 # fscrypt_key
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_CRYPTSETUP
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_OPENSSL
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_OPENSSL_FORCE_LIBOPENSSL
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_LIBFDISK
 	help
 	  systemd-homed is a system service that may be used to create,
@@ -412,6 +413,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_SYSTEMD_RANDOMSEED
 config BR2_PACKAGE_SYSTEMD_REPART
 	bool "enable repart support"
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_OPENSSL
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_OPENSSL_FORCE_LIBOPENSSL
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_LIBFDISK
 	help
 	  systemd-repart grows and adds partitions to a partition table,
diff --git a/package/systemd/systemd.mk b/package/systemd/systemd.mk
index 9feed9c084..58a1376b51 100644
--- a/package/systemd/systemd.mk
+++ b/package/systemd/systemd.mk
@@ -498,7 +498,7 @@ else
 SYSTEMD_CONF_OPTS += -Dnss-resolve=false -Dresolve=false
 endif
 
-ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_OPENSSL),y)
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBOPENSSL),y)
 SYSTEMD_CONF_OPTS += \
 	-Dgnutls=false \
 	-Dopenssl=true \