diff --git a/package/kmod/kmod.mk b/package/kmod/kmod.mk
index e2dfea5c7b..0a79b2cf4d 100644
--- a/package/kmod/kmod.mk
+++ b/package/kmod/kmod.mk
@@ -42,6 +42,13 @@ KMOD_DEPENDENCIES += xz
 KMOD_CONF_OPTS += --with-xz
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_OPENSSL),y)
+KMOD_DEPENDENCIES += openssl
+KMOD_CONF_OPTS += --with-openssl
+else
+KMOD_CONF_OPTS += --without-openssl
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON)$(BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON3),y)
 KMOD_DEPENDENCIES += $(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON),python,python3)
 KMOD_CONF_OPTS += --enable-python