diff --git a/package/civetweb/civetweb.mk b/package/civetweb/civetweb.mk
index 80272738e4..1652239ebb 100644
--- a/package/civetweb/civetweb.mk
+++ b/package/civetweb/civetweb.mk
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ endif
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_OPENSSL),y)
 CIVETWEB_COPT += -DNO_SSL_DL
-CIVETWEB_LIBS += `$(PKG_CONFIG_HOST_BINARY) --libs libssl`
+CIVETWEB_LIBS += `$(PKG_CONFIG_HOST_BINARY) --libs openssl`
 CIVETWEB_DEPENDENCIES += openssl host-pkgconf
 else
 CIVETWEB_COPT += -DNO_SSL