diff --git a/recipes-qt/qt5/qtbase.inc b/recipes-qt/qt5/qtbase.inc
index b4587af471..5237906a99 100644
--- a/recipes-qt/qt5/qtbase.inc
+++ b/recipes-qt/qt5/qtbase.inc
@@ -115,7 +115,8 @@ PACKAGECONFIG[kms] = "-kms,-no-kms,kms"
 # needed for qtdeclarative (qtdeclarative.do_configure fails to find quick module without)
 PACKAGECONFIG[icu] = "-icu,-no-icu,${ICU}"
 PACKAGECONFIG[udev] = "-libudev,-no-libudev,udev"
-PACKAGECONFIG[openssl] = "-openssl,-no-openssl,openssl"
+# use -openssl-linked here to ensure that RDEPENDS for libcrypto and libssl are detected
+PACKAGECONFIG[openssl] = "-openssl-linked,-no-openssl,openssl"
 PACKAGECONFIG[alsa] = "-alsa,-no-alsa,alsa-lib"
 PACKAGECONFIG[pulseaudio] = "-pulseaudio,-no-pulseaudio,pulseaudio"
 PACKAGECONFIG[nis] = "-nis,-no-nis"