diff --git a/package/hostapd/hostapd.mk b/package/hostapd/hostapd.mk
index b7ebe26a28..e2b0feec9b 100644
--- a/package/hostapd/hostapd.mk
+++ b/package/hostapd/hostapd.mk
@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@ HOSTAPD_CONFIG_DISABLE =
 
 # Try to use openssl if it's already available
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBOPENSSL),y)
-HOSTAPD_DEPENDENCIES += libopenssl
-HOSTAPD_LIBS += $(if $(BR2_STATIC_LIBS),-lcrypto -lz)
+HOSTAPD_DEPENDENCIES += host-pkgconf libopenssl
+HOSTAPD_LIBS += `$(PKG_CONFIG_HOST_BINARY) --libs openssl`
 HOSTAPD_CONFIG_EDITS += 's/\#\(CONFIG_TLS=openssl\)/\1/'
 else
 HOSTAPD_CONFIG_DISABLE += CONFIG_EAP_PWD