diff --git a/configs/globalscale_espressobin_defconfig b/configs/globalscale_espressobin_defconfig
index c0b9f69559..50cfc6b530 100644
--- a/configs/globalscale_espressobin_defconfig
+++ b/configs/globalscale_espressobin_defconfig
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CONFIG_FRAGMENT_FILES="board/globalscale/espressobin/linux-extr
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_DTS_SUPPORT=y
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_INTREE_DTS_NAME="marvell/armada-3720-espressobin marvell/armada-3720-espressobin-emmc marvell/armada-3720-espressobin-v7 marvell/armada-3720-espressobin-v7-emmc"
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_INSTALL_TARGET=y
+BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_NEEDS_HOST_OPENSSL=y
 
 # Filesystem
 BR2_TARGET_GENERIC_ISSUE="Welcome to Buildroot for the Marvell ESPRESSObin"