diff --git a/configs/aarch64_efi_defconfig b/configs/aarch64_efi_defconfig
index e4e20b09ba..ecc050fc5e 100644
--- a/configs/aarch64_efi_defconfig
+++ b/configs/aarch64_efi_defconfig
@@ -31,3 +31,4 @@ BR2_LINUX_KERNEL=y
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_VERSION=y
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_VERSION_VALUE="4.18.10"
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_USE_ARCH_DEFAULT_CONFIG=y
+BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_NEEDS_HOST_OPENSSL=y