diff --git a/package/erlang-p1-tls/Config.in b/package/erlang-p1-tls/Config.in
index 42c6a3e96c..0df334820d 100644
--- a/package/erlang-p1-tls/Config.in
+++ b/package/erlang-p1-tls/Config.in
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 config BR2_PACKAGE_ERLANG_P1_TLS
 	bool "erlang-p1-tls"
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_OPENSSL
 	help
 	  Erlang interface to OpenSSL
 
diff --git a/package/erlang-p1-tls/erlang-p1-tls.mk b/package/erlang-p1-tls/erlang-p1-tls.mk
index d706797ad5..4f1fc48549 100644
--- a/package/erlang-p1-tls/erlang-p1-tls.mk
+++ b/package/erlang-p1-tls/erlang-p1-tls.mk
@@ -9,5 +9,6 @@ ERLANG_P1_TLS_SITE = $(call github,processone,tls,$(ERLANG_P1_TLS_VERSION))
 ERLANG_P1_TLS_LICENSE = GPLv2+
 ERLANG_P1_TLS_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
 ERLANG_P1_TLS_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
+ERLANG_P1_TLS_DEPENDENCIES = openssl
 
 $(eval $(rebar-package))