diff --git a/package/ecryptfs-utils/ecryptfs-utils.mk b/package/ecryptfs-utils/ecryptfs-utils.mk
index 6eb3add98b..03e7f3e34f 100644
--- a/package/ecryptfs-utils/ecryptfs-utils.mk
+++ b/package/ecryptfs-utils/ecryptfs-utils.mk
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ else
 ECRYPTFS_UTILS_CONF_OPTS += --disable-pam
 endif
 
-ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_OPENSSL),y)
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBRESSL)$(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBOPENSSL_ENGINES),y)
 ECRYPTFS_UTILS_CONF_OPTS += --enable-openssl
 ECRYPTFS_UTILS_DEPENDENCIES += openssl