diff --git a/package/php-amqp/Config.in b/package/php-amqp/Config.in
index 0aa2021f5a..dc779f0ee0 100644
--- a/package/php-amqp/Config.in
+++ b/package/php-amqp/Config.in
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_PHP_AMQP
 	bool "php-amqp"
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_PHP
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS # rabbitmq-c
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_OPENSSL # rabbitmq-c: amqp_ssl_socket.h
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_RABBITMQ_C
 	help
 	  Communicate with any AMQP compliant server.