diff --git a/packages/addons/addon-depends/cxxtools/package.mk b/packages/addons/addon-depends/cxxtools/package.mk
index 0cabf6c174..009bef5ff6 100644
--- a/packages/addons/addon-depends/cxxtools/package.mk
+++ b/packages/addons/addon-depends/cxxtools/package.mk
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ PKG_LICENSE="GPL-2"
 PKG_SITE="http://www.tntnet.org/cxxtools.html"
 PKG_URL="http://www.tntnet.org/download/${PKG_NAME}-${PKG_VERSION}.tar.gz"
 PKG_DEPENDS_HOST="toolchain:host"
-PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain cxxtools:host"
+PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain cxxtools:host openssl"
 PKG_LONGDESC="Cxxtools is a collection of general-purpose C++ classes."
 PKG_BUILD_FLAGS="+pic"