diff --git a/vars/build.vars b/vars/build.vars
index 4f6d210..54f4467 100644
--- a/vars/build.vars
+++ b/vars/build.vars
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ HOST_PACKAGES_DEPS_PREFIX="${PREFIX}";
 : ${PKG_RUBY_HOST_URL:=https://cache.ruby-lang.org/pub/ruby/${PKG_RUBY_HOST_VERSION%.*}/ruby-${PKG_RUBY_HOST_VERSION}.tar.gz};
 : ${PKG_RUBY_HOST_BUILD_STEPS_DISABLE:=configure_patch};
 : ${PKG_RUBY_HOST_CFLAGS_CONFIGURE:="-g0 -O1"};
-: ${PKG_RUBY_HOST_CONFIGURE_ARGS_EXTRA:="--disable-install-rdoc --with-out-ext=fiddle"};
+: ${PKG_RUBY_HOST_CONFIGURE_ARGS_EXTRA:="--disable-install-rdoc --with-out-ext=fiddle,openssl"};
 
 #
 # Build target native_packages_deps