diff --git a/meta/recipes-bsp/u-boot/u-boot-custom.inc b/meta/recipes-bsp/u-boot/u-boot-custom.inc
index 5e8a15b..4001f8c 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-bsp/u-boot/u-boot-custom.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-bsp/u-boot/u-boot-custom.inc
@@ -42,7 +42,8 @@ python() {
 }
 
 DEBIAN_BUILD_DEPENDS ?= "bc, bison, flex, device-tree-compiler, git, libssl-dev:native"
-DEBIAN_BUILD_DEPENDS += "${@', libssl-dev' if d.getVar('ISAR_CROSS_COMPILE') == '1' else ''}"
+DEBIAN_BUILD_DEPENDS += "${@', libssl-dev' if (d.getVar('ISAR_CROSS_COMPILE') == '1' and \
+			bb.utils.contains('U_BOOT_BUILD_PROFILES', 'tools', 1, 0, d)) else ''}"
 
 TEMPLATE_FILES = "debian/control.tmpl"
 TEMPLATE_VARS += "MACHINE DEBIAN_BUILD_DEPENDS"