diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index a23d2426a..2760ed52d 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ CONFFLAGS = \
 	-Dtpm2=false \
 	-Doomd=false \
 	-Durlify=false \
+	-Dopenssl=false \
 	-Dsysext=true \
 	-Dnscd=true \
 	-Dntp-servers="$(DEFAULT_NTP_SERVERS)" \