diff --git a/package/softether/Config.in b/package/softether/Config.in
index 55e5426775..8fda3158f2 100644
--- a/package/softether/Config.in
+++ b/package/softether/Config.in
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_SOFTETHER
 	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBICONV if !BR2_ENABLE_LOCALE
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_OPENSSL
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_OPENSSL_FORCE_LIBOPENSSL
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_READLINE
 	help
 	  The SoftEther Server is a fully integrated implementation of the SSTP,
diff --git a/package/softether/softether.mk b/package/softether/softether.mk
index 77ce408462..05d2f20fe5 100644
--- a/package/softether/softether.mk
+++ b/package/softether/softether.mk
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ SOFTETHER_VERSION = v4.22-9634-beta
 SOFTETHER_SITE = $(call github,SoftEtherVPN,SoftEtherVPN,$(SOFTETHER_VERSION))
 SOFTETHER_LICENSE = GPL-2.0
 SOFTETHER_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE
-SOFTETHER_DEPENDENCIES = host-softether openssl readline
+SOFTETHER_DEPENDENCIES = host-softether libopenssl readline
 SOFTETHER_AUTORECONF = YES
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_ENABLE_LOCALE),)
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ SOFTETHER_CONF_OPTS = \
 	--with-zlib="$(STAGING_DIR)/usr"
 
 # host-libiconv does not exist, therefore we need this extra line
-HOST_SOFTETHER_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf host-openssl host-readline
+HOST_SOFTETHER_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf host-libopenssl host-readline
 
 # target build creates the file hamcore.se2 which needs the host variant of
 # hamcorebuilder, for details see http://www.vpnusers.com/viewtopic.php?p=5426