diff --git a/package/lynx/lynx.mk b/package/lynx/lynx.mk
index 174d741dd9..3ac5b4cabf 100644
--- a/package/lynx/lynx.mk
+++ b/package/lynx/lynx.mk
@@ -21,8 +21,9 @@ LYNX_CONF_OPTS += --with-screen=slang
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_OPENSSL),y)
-LYNX_DEPENDENCIES += openssl
-LYNX_CONF_OPTS += --with-ssl
+LYNX_DEPENDENCIES += host-pkgconf openssl
+LYNX_CONF_OPTS += --with-ssl=$(STAGING_DIR)/usr
+LYNX_CONF_ENV = LIBS=`$(PKG_CONFIG_HOST_BINARY) --libs openssl`
 else ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_GNUTLS),y)
 LYNX_DEPENDENCIES += gnutls
 LYNX_CONF_OPTS += --with-gnutls