diff --git a/package/monkey/Config.in b/package/monkey/Config.in
index 9054aa05c2..fdfa1481e4 100644
--- a/package/monkey/Config.in
+++ b/package/monkey/Config.in
@@ -17,6 +17,12 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_MONKEY_SHARED
 	  Build Monkey as a shared library in addition to stand-alone
 	  server
 
+config BR2_PACKAGE_MONKEY_SSL
+	bool "enable SSL/TLS"
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_MBEDTLS
+	help
+	  Enable build of the SSL/TLS plugin.
+
 endif
 
 comment "monkey needs an toolchain w/ threads, dynamic library"
diff --git a/package/monkey/monkey.mk b/package/monkey/monkey.mk
index 58bc26e685..b75765553b 100644
--- a/package/monkey/monkey.mk
+++ b/package/monkey/monkey.mk
@@ -48,6 +48,11 @@ ifeq ($(BR2_ENABLE_DEBUG),y)
 MONKEY_CONF_OPTS += --debug
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_MONKEY_SSL),y)
+MONKEY_CONF_OPTS += --enable-plugins=tls --mbedtls-shared
+MONKEY_DEPENDENCIES += mbedtls
+endif
+
 define MONKEY_CONFIGURE_CMDS
 	(cd $(@D); $(TARGET_CONFIGURE_OPTS) ./configure $(MONKEY_CONF_OPTS))
 endef