diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index a0e39f7ec2..917572424f 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 	Issues resolved (http://bugs.uclibc.org):
 
 	#529: util-linux doesn't find headers and include libs correctly
+	#557: Build ctorrent with SSL support if available
 
 2009.08-rc3, Released August 26th, 2009:
 
diff --git a/package/ctorrent/ctorrent.mk b/package/ctorrent/ctorrent.mk
index 256088180f..aa22153155 100644
--- a/package/ctorrent/ctorrent.mk
+++ b/package/ctorrent/ctorrent.mk
@@ -6,6 +6,12 @@
 CTORRENT_VERSION:=dnh3.3.2
 CTORRENT_SOURCE:=ctorrent-$(CTORRENT_VERSION).tar.gz
 CTORRENT_SITE:=http://www.rahul.net/dholmes/ctorrent/
-CTORRENT_CONF_OPT:=--with-ssl=no
+
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_OPENSSL),y)
+CTORRENT_CONF_OPT+=--with-ssl=yes
+CTORRENT_DEPENDENCIES+=openssl
+else
+CTORRENT_CONF_OPT+=--with-ssl=no
+endif
 
 $(eval $(call AUTOTARGETS,package,ctorrent))