diff --git a/libs/measurement-kit/Makefile b/libs/measurement-kit/Makefile
index 57db05054..1da6b1dd8 100644
--- a/libs/measurement-kit/Makefile
+++ b/libs/measurement-kit/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=measurement-kit
 PKG_VERSION:=0.10.11
-PKG_RELEASE:=1
+PKG_RELEASE:=2
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://codeload.github.com/measurement-kit/measurement-kit/tar.gz/v$(PKG_VERSION)?
@@ -21,8 +21,11 @@ PKG_LICENSE_FILES:=LICENSE
 
 PKG_FIXUP:=autoreconf
 PKG_INSTALL:=1
+PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS:=curl libevent2 libmaxminddb openssl
 PKG_BUILD_PARALLEL:=1
 
+PKG_CONFIG_DEPENDS:=MEASUREMENT_KIT_BUILD_DEPENDS
+
 include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/package.mk
 
 define Package/measurement-kit
@@ -30,13 +33,25 @@ define Package/measurement-kit
   CATEGORY:=Libraries
   TITLE:=library for open network measurement
   URL:=https://measurement-kit.github.io/
-  DEPENDS:=+libstdcpp +libcurl +libevent2-pthreads +libevent2-extra +libevent2-openssl +libevent2-core +libmaxminddb +ca-bundle
+  DEPENDS:=+libstdcpp +libcurl +libevent2-pthreads +libevent2-extra +libevent2-openssl +libevent2-core +libmaxminddb +libopenssl +ca-bundle
 endef
 
 define Package/measurement-kit/description
  Measurement Kit is a C++14 library that implements open network measurement methodologies (performance, censorship, etc.)
 endef
 
+define Package/measurement-kit/config
+config MEASUREMENT_KIT_BUILD_DEPENDS
+	bool
+	default PACKAGE_measurement-kit
+
+config MEASUREMENT_KIT_BUILD_SELECT
+	tristate
+	default m if MEASUREMENT_KIT_BUILD_DEPENDS
+	select PACKAGE_libevent2-openssl
+	select PACKAGE_libevent2-pthreads
+endef
+
 CONFIGURE_ARGS+= --with-ca-bundle=/etc/ssl/cert.pem
 
 TARGET_CFLAGS += $(if $(CONFIG_USE_UCLIBC),-DCATCH_CONFIG_GLOBAL_NEXTAFTER)