diff --git a/package/libxmlrpc/libxmlrpc.mk b/package/libxmlrpc/libxmlrpc.mk
index 54db9f1f89..f9925b74ca 100644
--- a/package/libxmlrpc/libxmlrpc.mk
+++ b/package/libxmlrpc/libxmlrpc.mk
@@ -39,6 +39,13 @@ ifeq ($(BR2_STATIC_LIBS),y)
 LIBXMLRPC_STATIC_OPTS = SHARED_LIB_TYPE=NONE MUST_BUILD_SHLIB=N
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_OPENSSL),y)
+LIBXMLRPC_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf openssl
+LIBXMLRPC_CONF_OPTS = --enable-abyss-openssl
+else
+LIBXMLRPC_CONF_OPTS = --disable-abyss-openssl
+endif
+
 LIBXMLRPC_MAKE_OPTS += $(LIBXMLRPC_STATIC_OPTS)
 LIBXMLRPC_INSTALL_STAGING_OPTS = $(LIBXMLRPC_STATIC_OPTS) \
 	DESTDIR=$(STAGING_DIR) install