diff --git a/package/sqlcipher/Config.in b/package/sqlcipher/Config.in
index 332754b15a..b26bc7709f 100644
--- a/package/sqlcipher/Config.in
+++ b/package/sqlcipher/Config.in
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_SQLCIPHER
 	depends on !BR2_PACKAGE_SQLITE
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_OPENSSL
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_OPENSSL_FORCE_LIBOPENSSL
 	help
 	  SQLCipher is an SQLite extension that provides 256 bits AES
 	  encryption of database files. Note that it is a fork of