diff --git a/packages/network/wpa_supplicant/config/makefile.config b/packages/network/wpa_supplicant/config/makefile.config
index e92d890aff..d4030474d4 100644
--- a/packages/network/wpa_supplicant/config/makefile.config
+++ b/packages/network/wpa_supplicant/config/makefile.config
@@ -33,4 +33,7 @@ CONFIG_EAP_LEAP=y
 CONFIG_PKCS12=y
 CONFIG_SMARTCARD=y
 CONFIG_DEBUG_FILE=y
-CONFIG_DRIVER_NL80211=y
\ No newline at end of file
+CONFIG_DRIVER_NL80211=y
+
+CONFIG_TLS=gnutls
+CONFIG_GNUTLS_EXTRA=y
diff --git a/packages/network/wpa_supplicant/meta b/packages/network/wpa_supplicant/meta
index 291736f874..41dad7b76e 100644
--- a/packages/network/wpa_supplicant/meta
+++ b/packages/network/wpa_supplicant/meta
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ PKG_ARCH="any"
 PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
 PKG_SITE="http://hostap.epitest.fi/wpa_supplicant/"
 PKG_URL="http://hostap.epitest.fi/releases/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.gz"
-PKG_DEPENDS="dbus libnl"
-PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="toolchain dbus libnl"
+PKG_DEPENDS="dbus libnl gnutls"
+PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="toolchain dbus libnl gnutls"
 PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
 PKG_SECTION="network"
 PKG_SHORTDESC="wpa_supplicant: An IEEE 802.11i supplicant implementation"