diff --git a/package/squid/squid.mk b/package/squid/squid.mk
index 1a22cbcd05..0b303ddb6b 100644
--- a/package/squid/squid.mk
+++ b/package/squid/squid.mk
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ SQUID_CONF_OPT =	--enable-async-io=8 --enable-linux-netfilter \
 			--enable-auth-negotiate="wrapper" \
 			--enable-auth-ntlm="fake" \
 			--disable-strict-error-checking \
-			--enable-external-acl-helpers="session"
+			--enable-external-acl-helpers="file_userip"
 
 # On uClibc librt needs libpthread
 ifeq ($(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS)$(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_UCLIBC),yy)