diff --git a/package/sscep/Config.in b/package/sscep/Config.in
index 4b9039c9b2..2e5e29f7c8 100644
--- a/package/sscep/Config.in
+++ b/package/sscep/Config.in
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 config BR2_PACKAGE_SSCEP
 	bool "sscep"
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBOPENSSL_ENABLE_BLOWFISH if BR2_PACKAGE_LIBOPENSSL
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_OPENSSL
 	help
 	  SSCEP is a client-only implementation of the SCEP