diff --git a/package/rpm/rpm.mk b/package/rpm/rpm.mk
index af1642fb8..50e6d7503 100644
--- a/package/rpm/rpm.mk
+++ b/package/rpm/rpm.mk
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 RPM_VERSION_MAJOR = 5.2
 RPM_VERSION = $(RPM_VERSION_MAJOR).0
 RPM_SITE = http://rpm5.org/files/rpm/rpm-$(RPM_VERSION_MAJOR)
-RPM_DEPENDENCIES = zlib beecrypt neon popt
+RPM_DEPENDENCIES = zlib beecrypt neon popt openssl
 RPM_LICENSE = LGPLv2.1
 RPM_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING.LIB