diff --git a/conf/distro/netmodule-linux.conf b/conf/distro/netmodule-linux.conf
index 96a4ab8..31a8f89 100644
--- a/conf/distro/netmodule-linux.conf
+++ b/conf/distro/netmodule-linux.conf
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ PACKAGECONFIG_remove_pn-curl = "gnutls"
 PACKAGECONFIG_append_pn-libgpiod = " python3"
 PACKAGECONFIG_append_pn-networkmanager = " modemmanager"
 PACKAGECONFIG_pn-gpsd = ""
+PACKAGECONFIG_append_pn-openssl = " cryptodev-linux"
 
 # These rules may make gpsd start automatically when detecting a
 # receiver. We don't want that since gpsd is started by gnss-mgr
diff --git a/recipes-core/images/netmodule-linux-image-dev.bb b/recipes-core/images/netmodule-linux-image-dev.bb
index 5652f32..42c5cd4 100644
--- a/recipes-core/images/netmodule-linux-image-dev.bb
+++ b/recipes-core/images/netmodule-linux-image-dev.bb
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ BENCH_TOOLS = " \
                 benchmarking-cpu \
                 stress-ng \
                 rt-tests \
+                cryptodev-tests \
                "
 GPS_TOOLS = " \
               ser2net \