diff --git a/package/luvi/Config.in b/package/luvi/Config.in
index c9fd417394..6e96f85f32 100644
--- a/package/luvi/Config.in
+++ b/package/luvi/Config.in
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_LUVI
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_SYNC_4 # libuv
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBUV
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LUV
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBOPENSSL_ENABLE_DES if BR2_PACKAGE_LIBOPENSSL
 	help
 	  A project in-between luv and luvit. The goal of this is to
 	  make building luvit and derivatives much easier.