diff --git a/package/ipmiutil/ipmiutil.mk b/package/ipmiutil/ipmiutil.mk
index f03ad9b394..011c0b67a7 100644
--- a/package/ipmiutil/ipmiutil.mk
+++ b/package/ipmiutil/ipmiutil.mk
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ IPMIUTIL_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
 # We're patching configure.ac
 IPMIUTIL_AUTORECONF = YES
 
-ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_OPENSSL),y)
+# forgets to link against libcrypto dependencies breaking static link
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_OPENSSL)x$(BR2_STATIC_LIBS),yx)
 # tests against distro libcrypto so it might get a false positive when
 # the openssl version is old, so force it off
 # SKIP_MD2 can be used only if ALLOW_GNU is defined.