diff --git a/package/libldns/libldns.mk b/package/libldns/libldns.mk
index 06564e3d9f..d6af6a2b97 100644
--- a/package/libldns/libldns.mk
+++ b/package/libldns/libldns.mk
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ LIBLDNS_CONF_OPTS = \
 	--with-ssl=$(STAGING_DIR)/usr \
 	--enable-dane \
 	--enable-ecdsa \
-	--enable-gost \
 	--enable-sha2 \
 	--without-examples \
 	--without-p5-dns-ldns \
@@ -30,6 +29,12 @@ else
 LIBLDNS_CONF_OPTS += --disable-dane-verify
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBOPENSSL_ENGINES),y)
+LIBLDNS_CONF_OPTS += --enable-gost
+else
+LIBLDNS_CONF_OPTS += --disable-gost
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(BR2_STATIC_LIBS),y)
 LIBLDNS_DEPENDENCIES += host-pkgconf
 # missing -lz breaks configure, add it using pkgconf