diff --git a/lfs/wget b/lfs/wget
index 71b3abc48..7a5cdbb11 100644
--- a/lfs/wget
+++ b/lfs/wget
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ $(TARGET) : $(patsubst %,$(DIR_DL)/%,$(objects))
 	cd $(DIR_APP) && ./configure \
 		--prefix=/usr \
 		--sysconfdir=/etc \
-		--with-ssl=gnutls \
+		--with-ssl=openssl \
 		--disable-nls \
 		--disable-ipv6