diff --git a/package/collectd/Config.in b/package/collectd/Config.in
index 39ecbcfe54..7037a8b383 100644
--- a/package/collectd/Config.in
+++ b/package/collectd/Config.in
@@ -582,7 +582,7 @@ comment "Select at least one for collectd to be useful"
 
 config BR2_PACKAGE_COLLECTD_AMQP
 	bool "amqp"
-	select BR2_PACKAGE_OPENSSL
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_OPENSSL # needs rabbitmq-c with ssl support
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_RABBITMQ_C
 	help
 	  Send/receive values via the Advanced Message Queuing Protocol