diff --git a/package/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.mk b/package/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.mk
index da757aaab0..75ecbaa53c 100644
--- a/package/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.mk
+++ b/package/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.mk
@@ -97,8 +97,8 @@ WPA_SUPPLICANT_CONFIG_ENABLE += CONFIG_WPS
 endif
 
 # Try to use openssl if it's already available
-ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_OPENSSL),y)
-WPA_SUPPLICANT_DEPENDENCIES += openssl
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBOPENSSL),y)
+WPA_SUPPLICANT_DEPENDENCIES += libopenssl
 WPA_SUPPLICANT_LIBS += $(if $(BR2_STATIC_LIBS),-lcrypto -lz)
 WPA_SUPPLICANT_CONFIG_EDITS += 's/\#\(CONFIG_TLS=openssl\)/\1/'
 else