diff --git a/package/libwebsock/0002-fix-ssl.patch b/package/libwebsock/0002-fix-ssl.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..51b9b3682
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/libwebsock/0002-fix-ssl.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+config: fix SSL detection
+
+The @WEBSOCK_HAVE_SSL@ is not replaced at configure time, and even if
+it was, it would be replaced by an empty string if openssl is disabled,
+thus still defining WEBSOCK_HAVE_SSL when we would not want it.
+
+Instead, rely on config.h, which is properly generated by ./configure,
+to provide the information about whether openssl is enabled or not.
+
+Signed-off-by: "Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998@free.fr>
+
+diff -durN a/src/websock_config.h.in b/src/websock_config.h.in
+--- a/src/websock_config.h.in
++++ b/src/websock_config.h.in
+@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
+ #ifndef WEBSOCK_CONFIG_H
+ #define WEBSOCK_CONFIG_H 1
+ 
++#include "config.h"
++
+ #define WEBSOCK_PACKAGE_STRING @WEBSOCK_PACKAGE_STRING@
+ #define WEBSOCK_PACKAGE_VERSION @WEBSOCK_PACKAGE_VERSION@
+ #define WEBSOCK_PACKAGE_NAME @WEBSOCK_PACKAGE_NAME@
+-#define WEBSOCK_HAVE_SSL @WEBSOCK_HAVE_SSL@
+ 
+ #endif
diff --git a/package/libwebsock/libwebsock.mk b/package/libwebsock/libwebsock.mk
index 845888306..b52293b21 100644
--- a/package/libwebsock/libwebsock.mk
+++ b/package/libwebsock/libwebsock.mk
@@ -12,4 +12,11 @@ LIBWEBSOCK_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 LIBWEBSOCK_LICENSE = LGPLv3
 LIBWEBSOCK_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING.lesser
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_OPENSSL),y)
+LIBWEBSOCK_DEPENDENCIES += openssl
+LIBWEBSOCK_CONF_OPTS += --with-ssl
+else
+LIBWEBSOCK_CONF_OPTS += --without-ssl
+endif
+
 $(eval $(autotools-package))