diff --git a/package/linux-tools/Config.in b/package/linux-tools/Config.in
index 791f2c085c..6217fcfb7a 100644
--- a/package/linux-tools/Config.in
+++ b/package/linux-tools/Config.in
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_LINUX_TOOLS_SELFTESTS
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBCAP_NG
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_SCHEDUTILS # runtime (taskset)
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_OPENSSL if BR2_x86_64
 	help
 	  Build and install (to /usr/lib/kselftests) kernel selftests.
 
diff --git a/package/linux-tools/linux-tool-selftests.mk.in b/package/linux-tools/linux-tool-selftests.mk.in
index b824c11bd6..e29c7f59de 100644
--- a/package/linux-tools/linux-tool-selftests.mk.in
+++ b/package/linux-tools/linux-tool-selftests.mk.in
@@ -16,7 +16,10 @@ SELFTESTS_ARCH=$(NORMALIZED_ARCH)
 endif
 endif
 
-SELFTESTS_DEPENDENCIES = libcap-ng popt
+SELFTESTS_DEPENDENCIES = \
+	libcap-ng \
+	popt \
+	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_OPENSSL),openssl)
 
 SELFTESTS_MAKE_FLAGS = \
 	$(LINUX_MAKE_FLAGS) \