diff --git a/package/libssh2/libssh2.mk b/package/libssh2/libssh2.mk
index 18e772c722..c5b0bd855e 100644
--- a/package/libssh2/libssh2.mk
+++ b/package/libssh2/libssh2.mk
@@ -40,4 +40,10 @@ else
 LIBSSH2_CONF_OPTS += --without-libz
 endif
 
+HOST_LIBSSH2_DEPENDENCIES += host-openssl
+HOST_LIBSSH2_CONF_OPTS += --with-openssl \
+	--with-libssl-prefix=$(HOST_DIR)/usr \
+	--without-libgcrypt
+
 $(eval $(autotools-package))
+$(eval $(host-autotools-package))