diff --git a/package/freerdp/Config.in b/package/freerdp/Config.in
index 5705ce0e0c..14c5f98671 100644
--- a/package/freerdp/Config.in
+++ b/package/freerdp/Config.in
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_FREERDP
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # libglib2
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_SYNC_4
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_OPENSSL
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBOPENSSL_ENABLE_RC4 if BR2_PACKAGE_LIBOPENSSL
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_ZLIB
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBGLIB2
 	help