diff --git a/meta/recipes-bsp/u-boot/u-boot-custom.inc b/meta/recipes-bsp/u-boot/u-boot-custom.inc
index 5198809..cfae0e2 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-bsp/u-boot/u-boot-custom.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-bsp/u-boot/u-boot-custom.inc
@@ -41,7 +41,9 @@ python() {
             d.setVar('U_BOOT_BUILD_PROFILES_remove', "config")
 }
 
-DEBIAN_BUILD_DEPENDS ?= "bc, bison, flex, device-tree-compiler, git"
+DEBIAN_BUILD_DEPENDS ?= "bc, bison, flex, device-tree-compiler, git, libssl-dev:native"
+DEBIAN_BUILD_DEPENDS += "${@', libssl-dev' \
+	if bb.utils.contains('U_BOOT_BUILD_PROFILES', 'tools', 1, 0, d) else ''}"
 
 TEMPLATE_FILES = "debian/control.tmpl"
 TEMPLATE_VARS += "MACHINE DEBIAN_BUILD_DEPENDS"