diff --git a/package/rene/neon/neon.conf b/package/rene/neon/neon.conf
index 86e6d3a62..9fc4670c5 100644
--- a/package/rene/neon/neon.conf
+++ b/package/rene/neon/neon.conf
@@ -21,3 +21,5 @@
 # --- ROCK-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-END ---
 
 preconf="export CFLAGS=\"-I/usr/include/libxml2/libxml $CFLAGS\""
+pkginstalled openssl && var_append extraconfopt ' ' '--with-ssl'
+