diff --git a/build/targets/build_socat.sh b/build/targets/build_socat.sh
index 5550a88..be15e6f 100755
--- a/build/targets/build_socat.sh
+++ b/build/targets/build_socat.sh
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@ build_socat() {
         CPPFLAGS="-I${BUILD_DIRECTORY} -I${BUILD_DIRECTORY}/openssl/include -DNETDB_INTERNAL=-1" \
         LDFLAGS="-L${BUILD_DIRECTORY}/readline -L${BUILD_DIRECTORY}/ncurses/lib -L${BUILD_DIRECTORY}/openssl" \
         ./configure \
-            --host="$(get_host_triple)"
+            --host="$(get_host_triple)" \
+            --enable-openssl-method
     make -j4
     strip socat
 }