diff --git a/meta-networking/recipes-daemons/vsftpd/vsftpd_2.3.5.bb b/meta-networking/recipes-daemons/vsftpd/vsftpd_2.3.5.bb
index c02ee9c0ab..f146910349 100644
--- a/meta-networking/recipes-daemons/vsftpd/vsftpd_2.3.5.bb
+++ b/meta-networking/recipes-daemons/vsftpd/vsftpd_2.3.5.bb
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ SECTION = "network"
 LICENSE = "GPLv2"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=a6067ad950b28336613aed9dd47b1271"
 
-DEPENDS = "libcap"
+DEPENDS = "libcap openssl"
 
 SRC_URI = "https://security.appspot.com/downloads/vsftpd-${PV}.tar.gz \
            file://makefile-destdir.patch \