diff --git a/configs/olimex_a20_olinuxino_lime2_defconfig b/configs/olimex_a20_olinuxino_lime2_defconfig
index 248e5d7207..ed279326bc 100644
--- a/configs/olimex_a20_olinuxino_lime2_defconfig
+++ b/configs/olimex_a20_olinuxino_lime2_defconfig
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_BOARD_DEFCONFIG="A20-OLinuXino-Lime2"
 BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_NEEDS_DTC=y
 BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_NEEDS_PYTHON3=y
 BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_NEEDS_PYLIBFDT=y
+BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_NEEDS_OPENSSL=y
 BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_FORMAT_BIN=y
 BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_SPL=y
 BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_SPL_NAME="u-boot-sunxi-with-spl.bin"