diff --git a/configs/ci20_defconfig b/configs/ci20_defconfig
index 4a66e1ac33..bb4863cb1d 100644
--- a/configs/ci20_defconfig
+++ b/configs/ci20_defconfig
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_BUILD_SYSTEM_KCONFIG=y
 BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_CUSTOM_VERSION=y
 BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_CUSTOM_VERSION_VALUE="2024.01"
 BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_BOARD_DEFCONFIG="ci20_mmc"
+BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_NEEDS_OPENSSL=y
 BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_FORMAT_IMG=y
 BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_SPL=y
 BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_GENIMAGE=y