diff --git a/configs/stm32f469_disco_sd_defconfig b/configs/stm32f469_disco_sd_defconfig
index 5ad4068e5e..ea1361efc0 100644
--- a/configs/stm32f469_disco_sd_defconfig
+++ b/configs/stm32f469_disco_sd_defconfig
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_EXT2_SIZE="32M"
 # BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_TAR is not set
 BR2_TARGET_UBOOT=y
 BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_BOARD_DEFCONFIG="stm32f469-discovery"
+BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_NEEDS_OPENSSL=y
 BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_DOSFSTOOLS=y
 BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_GENIMAGE=y
 BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_MTOOLS=y