diff --git a/package/system/opkg/Makefile b/package/system/opkg/Makefile
index 32bcf2bdf1..4da4d46837 100644
--- a/package/system/opkg/Makefile
+++ b/package/system/opkg/Makefile
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ endef
 define Package/opkg-smime
   $(call Package/opkg/Default)
   TITLE+= (with S/MIME signature support)
-  DEPENDS+=+libopenssl
+  DEPENDS+=+PACKAGE_opkg-smime:libopenssl
   VARIANT:=smime
 endef