diff --git a/config/ext.json b/config/ext.json
index bd98ac43..dc69bf36 100644
--- a/config/ext.json
+++ b/config/ext.json
@@ -790,9 +790,11 @@
         "arg-type": "with-prefix",
         "arg-type-windows": "with",
         "lib-depends": [
-            "openssl",
             "libssh2"
         ],
+        "shared-ext-depends": [
+            "openssl"
+        ],
         "ext-depends-windows": [
             "openssl",
             "zlib"