diff --git a/package/libopenssl/Config.in b/package/libopenssl/Config.in
index 4bc32e06a9..5ca19b38f8 100644
--- a/package/libopenssl/Config.in
+++ b/package/libopenssl/Config.in
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_LIBOPENSSL_TARGET_ARCH
 	default "linux-ppc"			if BR2_PACKAGE_LIBOPENSSL_TARGET_ARCH_LINUX_PPC
 	default "linux-ppc64"			if BR2_powerpc64
 	default "linux-ppc64le"			if BR2_powerpc64le
+	default "linux-x86"			if BR2_i386
 	default "linux-x86_64"			if BR2_x86_64
 	# no-asm is needed with generic architectures such as
 	# linux-generic{32,64}, see