diff --git a/package/Config.in.host b/package/Config.in.host
index 3253f9f361..914491e210 100644
--- a/package/Config.in.host
+++ b/package/Config.in.host
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ menu "Host utilities"
 	source "package/pkgconf/Config.in.host"
 	source "package/pru-software-support/Config.in.host"
 	source "package/pwgen/Config.in.host"
+	source "package/python/Config.in.host"
 	source "package/python-cython/Config.in.host"
 	source "package/python-lxml/Config.in.host"
 	source "package/python-six/Config.in.host"
diff --git a/package/python/Config.in.host b/package/python/Config.in.host
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..724e5e223a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/python/Config.in.host
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+config BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_PYTHON
+	bool "host python"
+	help
+	  The python language interpreter. Host package.
+
+	  http://www.python.org/
+
+if BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_PYTHON
+
+config BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_PYTHON_SSL
+	bool "ssl"
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_OPENSSL
+	help
+	  _ssl module for host Python.
+
+endif
diff --git a/package/python/python.mk b/package/python/python.mk
index 4b82cdcce3..8c2b195c91 100644
--- a/package/python/python.mk
+++ b/package/python/python.mk
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ HOST_PYTHON_CONF_OPTS += \
 	--disable-bsddb \
 	--disable-test-modules \
 	--disable-bz2 \
-	--disable-ssl \
 	--disable-ossaudiodev \
 	--disable-pyo-build
 
@@ -58,6 +57,12 @@ PYTHON_DEPENDENCIES = host-python libffi $(TARGET_NLS_DEPENDENCIES)
 
 HOST_PYTHON_DEPENDENCIES = host-expat host-zlib
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_PYTHON_SSL),y)
+HOST_PYTHON_DEPENDENCIES += host-openssl
+else
+HOST_PYTHON_CONF_OPTS += --disable-ssl
+endif
+
 PYTHON_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_READLINE),y)