diff --git a/package/proftpd/proftpd.mk b/package/proftpd/proftpd.mk
index 592c069ad3..67d8eb8c6f 100644
--- a/package/proftpd/proftpd.mk
+++ b/package/proftpd/proftpd.mk
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@ PROFTPD_CONF_OPTS = \
 	--disable-dso \
 	--enable-sendfile \
 	--enable-shadow \
-	--with-gnu-ld
+	--with-gnu-ld \
+	--without-openssl-cmdline
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_PROFTPD_MOD_REWRITE),y)
 PROFTPD_MODULES += mod_rewrite