diff --git a/package/ipmiutil/ipmiutil.mk b/package/ipmiutil/ipmiutil.mk
index 5d8c45665d..0d9a4509b3 100644
--- a/package/ipmiutil/ipmiutil.mk
+++ b/package/ipmiutil/ipmiutil.mk
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_OPENSSL)x$(BR2_STATIC_LIBS),yx)
 # tests against distro libcrypto so it might get a false positive when
 # the openssl version is old, so force it off
 # SKIP_MD2 can be used only if ALLOW_GNU is defined.
-IPMIUTIL_CONF_OPTS += CPPFLAGS="$(TARGET_CPPFLAGS) -DALLOW_GNU -DSKIP_MD2"
+IPMIUTIL_CONF_OPTS += CPPFLAGS="$(TARGET_CPPFLAGS) -DALLOW_GNU -DSKIP_MD2 -DSSL11"
 IPMIUTIL_DEPENDENCIES += openssl
 else
 IPMIUTIL_CONF_OPTS += --disable-lanplus