diff --git a/package/fluent-bit/Config.in b/package/fluent-bit/Config.in
index dec40c4371..53284ee17d 100644
--- a/package/fluent-bit/Config.in
+++ b/package/fluent-bit/Config.in
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_FLUENT_BIT
 	depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS # dlfcn.h
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_MUSL_FTS if !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_GLIBC
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_OPENSSL
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_OPENSSL_FORCE_LIBOPENSSL
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBYAML
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