diff --git a/linux/Config.in b/linux/Config.in
index 5d348693c2..89b2e110a8 100644
--- a/linux/Config.in
+++ b/linux/Config.in
@@ -168,6 +168,12 @@ config BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_USE_DEFCONFIG
 
 config BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_USE_ARCH_DEFAULT_CONFIG
 	bool "Use the architecture default configuration"
+	# We know that the default configuration on some architectures
+	# requires host-openssl, so select it for the latest kernel
+	# version. This is mainly needed to fix autobuilder testing.
+	select BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_NEEDS_HOST_OPENSSL if \
+	       BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_LATEST_VERSION && \
+	       (BR2_arcle || BR2_arceb || BR2_sparc || BR2_x86_64)
 	help
 	  This option will use the default configuration for the
 	  selected architecture. I.e, it is equivalent to running