diff --git a/package/python-requests/Config.in b/package/python-requests/Config.in
index d2726fb26a..30158b8d25 100644
--- a/package/python-requests/Config.in
+++ b/package/python-requests/Config.in
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_REQUESTS
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_CHARDET # runtime
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_IDNA # runtime
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_URLLIB3 # runtime
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_HASHLIB if BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON # runtime
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_SSL if BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON # runtime
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON3_SSL if BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON3 # runtime
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_ZLIB if BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON # runtime