diff --git a/package/nodejs/nodejs.mk b/package/nodejs/nodejs.mk
index 68adbff945..0938652a2a 100644
--- a/package/nodejs/nodejs.mk
+++ b/package/nodejs/nodejs.mk
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ NODEJS_CONF_OPTS = \
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_OPENSSL),y)
 NODEJS_DEPENDENCIES += openssl
+NODEJS_CONF_OPTS += --shared-openssl
+else
+NODEJS_CONF_OPTS += --without-ssl
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_ICU),y)
@@ -107,7 +110,6 @@ define NODEJS_CONFIGURE_CMDS
 		PYTHON=$(HOST_DIR)/usr/bin/python2 \
 		$(HOST_DIR)/usr/bin/python2 ./configure \
 		--prefix=/usr \
-		$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_OPENSSL),--shared-openssl,--without-ssl) \
 		$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_NODEJS_NPM),,--without-npm) \
 		--dest-cpu=$(NODEJS_CPU) \
 		$(if $(NODEJS_ARM_FP),--with-arm-float-abi=$(NODEJS_ARM_FP)) \