diff --git a/package/libnice/Config.in b/package/libnice/Config.in
index af8e814618..1f62c0b5c8 100644
--- a/package/libnice/Config.in
+++ b/package/libnice/Config.in
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_LIBNICE
 	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR # libglib2
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS # libglib2
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # fork()
-	select BR2_PACKAGE_GNUTLS
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_OPENSSL if !BR2_PACKAGE_GNUTLS
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBGLIB2
 	help
 	  Libnice is an implementation of the IETF's Interactive
diff --git a/package/libnice/libnice.mk b/package/libnice/libnice.mk
index b2fea4d66c..b5168f83ed 100644
--- a/package/libnice/libnice.mk
+++ b/package/libnice/libnice.mk
@@ -8,9 +8,19 @@ LIBNICE_VERSION = 0.1.16
 LIBNICE_SITE = http://nice.freedesktop.org/releases
 LIBNICE_LICENSE = MPL-1.1 or LGPL-2.1
 LIBNICE_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING COPYING.MPL COPYING.LGPL
-LIBNICE_DEPENDENCIES = gnutls libglib2 host-pkgconf
+LIBNICE_DEPENDENCIES = libglib2 host-pkgconf
 LIBNICE_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_GNUTLS),y)
+LIBNICE_CONF_OPTS += --with-crypto-library=gnutls
+LIBNICE_DEPENDENCIES += gnutls
+else
+LIBNICE_CONF_OPTS += \
+	--with-crypto-library=openssl \
+	--with-openssl=$(STAGING_DIR)/usr
+LIBNICE_DEPENDENCIES += openssl
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_GST_PLUGINS_BASE),y)
 LIBNICE_CONF_OPTS += --with-gstreamer-0.10
 LIBNICE_DEPENDENCIES += gst-plugins-base