diff --git a/package/lua-cqueues/Config.in b/package/lua-cqueues/Config.in
index 60f022848b..a8c38950cf 100644
--- a/package/lua-cqueues/Config.in
+++ b/package/lua-cqueues/Config.in
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_LUA_CQUEUES
 	bool "lua-cqueues"
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_OPENSSL
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_OPENSSL_FORCE_LIBOPENSSL
 	help
 	  Continuation Queues: Embeddable asynchronous networking,
 	  threading, and notification framework for Lua on Unix.