diff --git a/package/vsftpd/vsftpd.mk b/package/vsftpd/vsftpd.mk
index ed15f00dff..3091f06d4e 100644
--- a/package/vsftpd/vsftpd.mk
+++ b/package/vsftpd/vsftpd.mk
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ endif
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_OPENSSL),y)
 VSFTPD_DEPENDENCIES += openssl host-pkgconf
-VSFTPD_LIBS += $(shell $(PKG_CONFIG_HOST_BINARY) --libs libssl)
+VSFTPD_LIBS += $(shell $(PKG_CONFIG_HOST_BINARY) --libs libssl libcrypto)
 VSFTPD_POST_CONFIGURE_HOOKS += VSFTPD_ENABLE_SSL
 endif