diff --git a/configs/rock64_defconfig b/configs/rock64_defconfig
index 50ffc0474f..30bf12c061 100644
--- a/configs/rock64_defconfig
+++ b/configs/rock64_defconfig
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_USE_ARCH_DEFAULT_CONFIG=y
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_DTS_SUPPORT=y
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_INTREE_DTS_NAME="rockchip/rk3328-rock64"
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_INSTALL_TARGET=y
+BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_NEEDS_HOST_OPENSSL=y
 BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_EXT2=y
 BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_EXT2_4=y
 BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_EXT2_SIZE="128M"