diff --git a/package/gdal/gdal.mk b/package/gdal/gdal.mk
index 247e13663c..77ffb514c2 100644
--- a/package/gdal/gdal.mk
+++ b/package/gdal/gdal.mk
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ GDAL_CONF_OPTS = \
 	-DGDAL_USE_BLOSC=OFF \
 	-DGDAL_USE_BRUNSLI=OFF \
 	-DGDAL_USE_CFITSIO=OFF \
-	-DGDAL_USE_OPENSSL=OFF \
 	-DGDAL_USE_CRYPTOPP=OFF \
 	-DGDAL_USE_CRNLIB=OFF \
 	-DGDAL_USE_ECW=OFF \
@@ -130,6 +129,13 @@ else
 GDAL_CONF_OPTS += -DENABLE_DEFLATE64=OFF
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_OPENSSL),y)
+GDAL_DEPENDENCIES += openssl
+GDAL_CONF_OPTS += -DGDAL_USE_OPENSSL=ON
+else
+GDAL_CONF_OPTS += -DGDAL_USE_OPENSSL=OFF
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_POSTGRESQL),y)
 GDAL_DEPENDENCIES += postgresql
 GDAL_CONF_OPTS += -DGDAL_USE_POSTGRESQL=ON