diff --git a/package/libwebsockets/libwebsockets.mk b/package/libwebsockets/libwebsockets.mk
index 152659cee6..f8093b92fa 100644
--- a/package/libwebsockets/libwebsockets.mk
+++ b/package/libwebsockets/libwebsockets.mk
@@ -27,9 +27,18 @@ endif
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_OPENSSL),y)
 LIBWEBSOCKETS_DEPENDENCIES += openssl host-openssl
-LIBWEBSOCKETS_CONF_OPTS += -DLWS_WITH_SSL=ON
+LIBWEBSOCKETS_CONF_OPTS += \
+	-DLWS_WITH_SSL=ON \
+	-DLWS_WITH_MBEDTLS=OFF
+else ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_MBEDTLS),y)
+LIBWEBSOCKETS_DEPENDENCIES += mbedtls
+LIBWEBSOCKETS_CONF_OPTS += \
+	-DLWS_WITH_SSL=ON \
+	-DLWS_WITH_MBEDTLS=ON
 else
-LIBWEBSOCKETS_CONF_OPTS += -DLWS_WITH_SSL=OFF
+LIBWEBSOCKETS_CONF_OPTS += \
+	-DLWS_WITH_SSL=OFF \
+	-DLWS_WITH_MBEDTLS=OFF
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBEV),y)