diff --git a/package/msmtp/msmtp.mk b/package/msmtp/msmtp.mk
index a26de92ef9..079c7c2319 100644
--- a/package/msmtp/msmtp.mk
+++ b/package/msmtp/msmtp.mk
@@ -40,16 +40,16 @@ else
 MSMTP_CONF_OPTS += --without-libsecret
 endif
 
-ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_OPENSSL),y)
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_GNUTLS),y)
+MSMTP_CONF_OPTS += --with-tls=gnutls
+MSMTP_DEPENDENCIES += gnutls
+else ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_OPENSSL),y)
 MSMTP_CONF_OPTS += --with-tls=openssl
 MSMTP_DEPENDENCIES += openssl
 ifeq ($(BR2_STATIC_LIBS),y)
 # openssl uses zlib, so we need to explicitly link with it when static
 MSMTP_CONF_ENV += LIBS=-lz
 endif
-else ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_GNUTLS),y)
-MSMTP_CONF_OPTS += --with-tls=gnutls
-MSMTP_DEPENDENCIES += gnutls
 else
 MSMTP_CONF_OPTS += --with-tls=no
 endif