diff --git a/configs/freescale_imx8qmmek_defconfig b/configs/freescale_imx8qmmek_defconfig
index 3ad273c9d4..6fb3a54df1 100644
--- a/configs/freescale_imx8qmmek_defconfig
+++ b/configs/freescale_imx8qmmek_defconfig
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_CUSTOM_TARBALL=y
 BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_CUSTOM_TARBALL_LOCATION="$(call github,nxp-imx,uboot-imx,lf-6.6.23-2.0.0)/uboot-imx-lf-6.6.23-2.0.0.tar.gz"
 BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_BOARD_DEFCONFIG="imx8qm_mek"
 BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_NEEDS_DTC=y
+BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_NEEDS_OPENSSL=y
 BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_DOSFSTOOLS=y
 BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_GENIMAGE=y
 BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_IMX_MKIMAGE=y
diff --git a/configs/freescale_imx8qxpmek_defconfig b/configs/freescale_imx8qxpmek_defconfig
index d2fae2c9e7..3ff476e992 100644
--- a/configs/freescale_imx8qxpmek_defconfig
+++ b/configs/freescale_imx8qxpmek_defconfig
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_CUSTOM_TARBALL=y
 BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_CUSTOM_TARBALL_LOCATION="$(call github,nxp-imx,uboot-imx,lf-6.6.23-2.0.0)/uboot-imx-lf-6.6.23-2.0.0.tar.gz"
 BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_BOARD_DEFCONFIG="imx8qxp_mek"
 BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_NEEDS_DTC=y
+BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_NEEDS_OPENSSL=y
 BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_DOSFSTOOLS=y
 BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_GENIMAGE=y
 BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_IMX_MKIMAGE=y