diff --git a/package/libpam-tacplus/libpam-tacplus.mk b/package/libpam-tacplus/libpam-tacplus.mk
index f69d275cb6..fd2b4f9a30 100644
--- a/package/libpam-tacplus/libpam-tacplus.mk
+++ b/package/libpam-tacplus/libpam-tacplus.mk
@@ -8,7 +8,9 @@ LIBPAM_TACPLUS_VERSION = 1.5.1
 LIBPAM_TACPLUS_SITE = $(call github,jeroennijhof,pam_tacplus,v$(LIBPAM_TACPLUS_VERSION))
 LIBPAM_TACPLUS_LICENSE = GPL-2.0+
 LIBPAM_TACPLUS_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
-LIBPAM_TACPLUS_DEPENDENCIES = linux-pam
+LIBPAM_TACPLUS_DEPENDENCIES = \
+	linux-pam \
+	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_OPENSSL),openssl)
 # Fetching from github, we need to generate the configure script
 LIBPAM_TACPLUS_AUTORECONF = YES
 LIBPAM_TACPLUS_INSTALL_STAGING = YES