diff --git a/package/libshout/libshout.mk b/package/libshout/libshout.mk
index 8fd850fb13..4f209081a4 100644
--- a/package/libshout/libshout.mk
+++ b/package/libshout/libshout.mk
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@ endif
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_OPENSSL),y)
 LIBSHOUT_CONF_OPTS += --with-openssl
 LIBSHOUT_DEPENDENCIES += openssl
+else ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBRESSL),y)
+LIBSHOUT_CONF_OPTS += --with-openssl=$(STAGING_DIR)/lib
+LIBSHOUT_DEPENDENCIES += libressl
 else
 LIBSHOUT_CONF_OPTS += --without-openssl
 endif