diff --git a/depends/Makefile b/depends/Makefile
--- a/depends/Makefile
+++ b/depends/Makefile
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 SDK_PATH ?= $(BASEDIR)/SDKs
 NO_QT ?=
 NO_PROTOBUF ?=
+NO_OPENSSL ?=
 NO_QR ?=
 NO_WALLET ?=
 NO_ZMQ ?=
@@ -147,6 +148,8 @@
 
 protobuf_packages_$(NO_PROTOBUF) = $(protobuf_packages)
 
+openssl_packages_$(NO_OPENSSL) = $(openssl_packages)
+
 jemalloc_packages_$(NO_JEMALLOC) = $(jemalloc_packages)
 
 packages += $($(host_arch)_$(host_os)_packages) $($(host_os)_packages) $(qt_packages_) $(wallet_packages_) $(upnp_packages_) $(natpmp_packages_)
@@ -157,6 +160,10 @@
 packages += $(protobuf_packages)
 endif
 
+ifneq ($(openssl_packages_),)
+packages += $(openssl_packages)
+endif
+
 ifneq ($(zmq_packages_),)
 packages += $(zmq_packages)
 endif
diff --git a/depends/README.md b/depends/README.md
--- a/depends/README.md
+++ b/depends/README.md
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@
 - `NO_JEMALLOC`: Don't download/build/cache jemalloc
 - `DEBUG`: Disable some optimizations and enable more runtime checking
 - `NO_PROTOBUF`: Don't download/build/cache protobuf (used for BIP70 support)
+- `NO_OPENSSL`: Don't download/build/cache OpenSSL (used for BIP70 support)
 - `HOST_ID_SALT`: Optional salt to use when generating host package ids
 - `BUILD_ID_SALT`: Optional salt to use when generating build package ids
 - `JOBS`: Number of jobs to use for each package build
diff --git a/depends/packages/packages.mk b/depends/packages/packages.mk
--- a/depends/packages/packages.mk
+++ b/depends/packages/packages.mk
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
-packages:=boost openssl libevent
+packages:=boost libevent
 
 protobuf_native_packages = native_protobuf
 protobuf_packages = protobuf
 
+openssl_packages = openssl
+
 qrencode_packages = qrencode
 
 qt_linux_packages:=qt expat libxcb xcb_proto libXau xproto freetype fontconfig libxkbcommon libxcb_util libxcb_util_render libxcb_util_keysyms libxcb_util_image libxcb_util_wm
diff --git a/depends/packages/qt.mk b/depends/packages/qt.mk
--- a/depends/packages/qt.mk
+++ b/depends/packages/qt.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,9 @@
 $(package)_suffix=everywhere-opensource-src-$($(package)_version).tar.xz
 $(package)_file_name=qtbase-$($(package)_suffix)
 $(package)_sha256_hash=0c42c799aa7c89e479a07c451bf5a301e291266ba789e81afc18f95049524edc
+ifneq ($(openssl_packages_),)
 $(package)_dependencies=openssl
+endif
 $(package)_linux_dependencies=freetype fontconfig libxcb libxkbcommon libxcb_util libxcb_util_render libxcb_util_keysyms libxcb_util_image libxcb_util_wm
 $(package)_qt_libs=corelib network widgets gui plugins testlib
 $(package)_linguist_tools = lrelease lupdate lconvert
@@ -80,7 +82,11 @@
 $(package)_config_opts += -nomake tests
 $(package)_config_opts += -nomake tools
 $(package)_config_opts += -opensource
+ifneq ($(openssl_packages_),)
 $(package)_config_opts += -openssl-linked
+else
+$(package)_config_opts += -no-openssl
+endif
 $(package)_config_opts += -pkg-config
 $(package)_config_opts += -prefix $(host_prefix)
 $(package)_config_opts += -qt-libpng
@@ -152,7 +158,6 @@
 $(package)_config_opts_linux += -fontconfig
 $(package)_config_opts_linux += -no-feature-vulkan
 $(package)_config_opts_linux += -dbus-runtime
-$(package)_config_opts_linux += OPENSSL_LIBS="-lssl -lcrypto -lpthread"
 $(package)_config_opts_linux += -platform linux-g++ -xplatform bitcoin-linux-g++
 $(package)_config_opts_mingw32 = -no-dbus
 $(package)_config_opts_mingw32 += -no-freetype
@@ -162,7 +167,11 @@
 $(package)_config_opts_mingw32 += "QMAKE_LFLAGS = '$($(package)_ldflags)'"
 $(package)_config_opts_mingw32 += -device-option CROSS_COMPILE="$(host)-"
 $(package)_config_opts_mingw32 += -pch
+
+ifneq ($(openssl_packages_),)
+$(package)_config_opts_linux += OPENSSL_LIBS="-lssl -lcrypto -lpthread"
 $(package)_config_opts_mingw32 += OPENSSL_LIBS="-lssl -lcrypto -lws2_32"
+endif
 endef
 
 define $(package)_fetch_cmds