diff --git a/package/libcoap/libcoap.mk b/package/libcoap/libcoap.mk
index e2fbaa3dfb..bea0e68889 100644
--- a/package/libcoap/libcoap.mk
+++ b/package/libcoap/libcoap.mk
@@ -10,7 +10,17 @@ LIBCOAP_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 LIBCOAP_LICENSE = BSD-2-Clause
 LIBCOAP_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING LICENSE
 LIBCOAP_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf
-LIBCOAP_CONF_OPTS = --disable-examples
+LIBCOAP_CONF_OPTS = --disable-examples --without-tinydtls
 LIBCOAP_AUTORECONF = YES
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_GNUTLS),y)
+LIBCOAP_DEPENDENCIES += gnutls
+LIBCOAP_CONF_OPTS += --enable-dtls --with-gnutls --without-openssl
+else ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_OPENSSL),y)
+LIBCOAP_DEPENDENCIES += openssl
+LIBCOAP_CONF_OPTS += --enable-dtls --without-gnutls --with-openssl
+else
+LIBCOAP_CONF_OPTS += --disable-dtls
+endif
+
 $(eval $(autotools-package))