diff --git a/srcpkgs/kernel/template b/srcpkgs/kernel/template
index 30fdfafb32b..ddbcf17f507 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/kernel/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/kernel/template
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ version=3.7.1
 revision=1
 wrksrc="linux-${version}"
 depends="dracut linux-firmware kmod>=11_2"
-makedepends="perl kmod>=11_2"
+makedepends="perl kmod>=11_2 openssl"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 homepage="http://www.kernel.org"
 license="GPL-2"