diff --git a/recipes-extended/libpoco/libpoco_1.4.6p1.bb b/recipes-extended/libpoco/libpoco_1.4.6p1.bb
index 411af136d5d4cb1e8c1817b55343caaf002d89e5..6b5f6740a100f92baf046224ff57b0faaccfb05a 100644
--- a/recipes-extended/libpoco/libpoco_1.4.6p1.bb
+++ b/recipes-extended/libpoco/libpoco_1.4.6p1.bb
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ HOMEPAGE = "http://pocoproject.org"
 LICENSE = "BSL-1.0"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://LICENSE;md5=e4224ccaecb14d942c71d31bef20d78c"
 
-DEPENDS = "expat zlib libpcre"
+DEPENDS = "expat zlib libpcre openssl"
 
 SRC_URI = "${SOURCEFORGE_MIRROR}/poco/poco-${PV}-all.tar.bz2 \
            file://OE \