diff --git a/configs/nitrogen8mm_defconfig b/configs/nitrogen8mm_defconfig
index b1ebb45438..2560b36c7b 100644
--- a/configs/nitrogen8mm_defconfig
+++ b/configs/nitrogen8mm_defconfig
@@ -54,3 +54,4 @@ BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_DEFCONFIG="boundary"
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_DTS_SUPPORT=y
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_INSTALL_TARGET=y
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_INTREE_DTS_NAME="freescale/imx8mm-nitrogen8mm freescale/imx8mm-nitrogen8mm-m4 freescale/imx8mm-nitrogen8mm_rev2 freescale/imx8mm-nitrogen8mm_rev2-m4 freescale/imx8mm-nitrogen8mm_som freescale/imx8mm-nitrogen8mm_som-m4"
+BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_NEEDS_HOST_OPENSSL=y