diff --git a/libs/libwebsockets/Makefile b/libs/libwebsockets/Makefile
index 434743c4a2..76e6bf0635 100644
--- a/libs/libwebsockets/Makefile
+++ b/libs/libwebsockets/Makefile
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ define Package/libwebsockets-mbedtls
 	TITLE += (mbedTLS)
 	DEPENDS += +libmbedtls
 	VARIANT:=mbedtls
+	CONFLICTS:=libwebsockets-openssl
 endef
 
 define Package/libwebsockets-full