diff --git a/package/sscep/Config.in b/package/sscep/Config.in
index 2e5e29f7c8f8..549c65274b45 100644
--- a/package/sscep/Config.in
+++ b/package/sscep/Config.in
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 config BR2_PACKAGE_SSCEP
 	bool "sscep"
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBOPENSSL_ENABLE_BLOWFISH if BR2_PACKAGE_LIBOPENSSL
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBOPENSSL_ENABLE_DES if BR2_PACKAGE_LIBOPENSSL
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_OPENSSL
 	help
 	  SSCEP is a client-only implementation of the SCEP