diff --git a/package/redis/redis.mk b/package/redis/redis.mk
index 1578f97e0d..ae823429b3 100644
--- a/package/redis/redis.mk
+++ b/package/redis/redis.mk
@@ -30,6 +30,13 @@ endif
 REDIS_BUILDOPTS = $(TARGET_CONFIGURE_OPTS) \
 	PREFIX=$(TARGET_DIR)/usr MALLOC=libc
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBOPENSSL),y)
+REDIS_DEPENDENCIES += libopenssl
+REDIS_BUILDOPTS += BUILD_TLS=yes
+else
+REDIS_BUILDOPTS += BUILD_TLS=no
+endif
+
 define REDIS_BUILD_CMDS
 	$(TARGET_MAKE_ENV) $(MAKE) $(REDIS_BUILDOPTS) -C $(@D)
 endef