diff --git a/package/perl-crypt-openssl-rsa/Config.in b/package/perl-crypt-openssl-rsa/Config.in
index e58a921bcb..e2c0131345 100644
--- a/package/perl-crypt-openssl-rsa/Config.in
+++ b/package/perl-crypt-openssl-rsa/Config.in
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 config BR2_PACKAGE_PERL_CRYPT_OPENSSL_RSA
 	bool "perl-crypt-openssl-rsa"
 	depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_OPENSSL
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_PERL_CRYPT_OPENSSL_RANDOM # runtime
 	help
 	  RSA encoding and decoding, using the openSSL libraries.
diff --git a/package/perl-crypt-openssl-rsa/perl-crypt-openssl-rsa.mk b/package/perl-crypt-openssl-rsa/perl-crypt-openssl-rsa.mk
index b161523421..23fd1ac381 100644
--- a/package/perl-crypt-openssl-rsa/perl-crypt-openssl-rsa.mk
+++ b/package/perl-crypt-openssl-rsa/perl-crypt-openssl-rsa.mk
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ PERL_CRYPT_OPENSSL_RSA_SOURCE = Crypt-OpenSSL-RSA-$(PERL_CRYPT_OPENSSL_RSA_VERSI
 PERL_CRYPT_OPENSSL_RSA_SITE = $(BR2_CPAN_MIRROR)/authors/id/T/TO/TODDR
 PERL_CRYPT_OPENSSL_RSA_DEPENDENCIES = \
 	host-perl-crypt-openssl-guess \
-	perl-crypt-openssl-random
+	perl-crypt-openssl-random \
+	openssl
 PERL_CRYPT_OPENSSL_RSA_LICENSE = Artistic or GPL-1.0+
 PERL_CRYPT_OPENSSL_RSA_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE
 PERL_CRYPT_OPENSSL_RSA_DISTNAME = Crypt-OpenSSL-RSA