diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3-cryptography.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3-cryptography.bb
index f41e13f4a1..5963064b72 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3-cryptography.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3-cryptography.bb
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ inherit pypi python_maturin cargo-update-recipe-crates pkgconfig
 
 DEPENDS += " \
     python3-cffi-native \
+    openssl \
 "
 
 RDEPENDS:${PN} += " \