diff --git a/package/hiredis/hiredis.mk b/package/hiredis/hiredis.mk
index f1f4c49dab..27a26661cf 100644
--- a/package/hiredis/hiredis.mk
+++ b/package/hiredis/hiredis.mk
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ HIREDIS_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
 HIREDIS_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 HIREDIS_CONF_OPTS = -DDISABLE_TESTS=ON
 
-ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_OPENSSL),y)
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_OPENSSL)$(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS),yy)
 HIREDIS_CONF_OPTS += -DENABLE_SSL=ON
 HIREDIS_DEPENDENCIES += openssl
 else