diff --git a/package/monit/monit.mk b/package/monit/monit.mk
index 958618dc36..11bc7e16db 100644
--- a/package/monit/monit.mk
+++ b/package/monit/monit.mk
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ MONIT_CONF_OPT += \
 	--without-pam
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_OPENSSL),y)
-MONIT_CONF_OPT += --with-ssl
+MONIT_CONF_OPT += --with-ssl=$(STAGING_DIR)/usr
 MONIT_DEPENDENCIES += openssl
 else
 MONIT_CONF_OPT += --without-ssl