diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-extended/redis-plus-plus/redis-plus-plus_1.3.7.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-extended/redis-plus-plus/redis-plus-plus_1.3.7.bb
index b127025a73..8e906a4483 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-extended/redis-plus-plus/redis-plus-plus_1.3.7.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-extended/redis-plus-plus/redis-plus-plus_1.3.7.bb
@@ -12,7 +12,9 @@ S = "${WORKDIR}/git"
 
 inherit cmake
 
-DEPENDS += "hiredis"
+EXTRA_OECMAKE += "-DREDIS_PLUS_PLUS_USE_TLS=ON"
+
+DEPENDS += "hiredis openssl"
 
 RDEPENDS:${PN} += "hiredis"