diff --git a/package/pound/Config.in b/package/pound/Config.in
index 60fafff93579..aa0f10327318 100644
--- a/package/pound/Config.in
+++ b/package/pound/Config.in
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_POUND
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # fork()
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_OPENSSL
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_OPENSSL_FORCE_LIBOPENSSL
 	help
 	  The Pound program is a reverse proxy, load balancer and HTTPS
 	  front-end for Web server(s). Pound was developed to enable