diff --git a/package/openssl/openssl.mk b/package/openssl/openssl.mk
index 4b8b0a4a1b..5416141168 100644
--- a/package/openssl/openssl.mk
+++ b/package/openssl/openssl.mk
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ define OPENSSL_CONFIGURE_CMDS
 			--prefix=/usr \
 			--openssldir=/etc/ssl \
 			--libdir=/lib \
-			threads \
+			$(if $(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS),threads,no-threads) \
 			$(if $(BR2_PREFER_STATIC_LIB),no-shared,shared) \
 			no-idea \
 			no-rc5 \