diff --git a/srcpkgs/rtmpdump/template b/srcpkgs/rtmpdump/template
index eeeff44012e..f98160d7f18 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/rtmpdump/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/rtmpdump/template
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ version=2.4.20161210
 revision=8
 _patchlevel=${version##*.}
 create_wrksrc=yes
-makedepends="zlib-devel libressl-devel"
+makedepends="zlib-devel $(vopt_if gnutls 'gnutls-devel' 'libressl-devel')"
 short_desc="Toolkit for RTMP streams"
 maintainer="Orphaned <orphan@voidlinux.org>"
 license="GPL-2, LGPL-2.1"
@@ -17,8 +17,10 @@ case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
 	*-musl) CFLAGS+=" -D__LINUX_NETFILTER_H"
 esac
 
+build_options="gnutls"
+
 do_build() {
-	make CC="$CC" OPT="$CFLAGS" LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS" ${makejobs}
+	make CC="$CC" OPT="$CFLAGS" LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS" "$(vopt_if gnutls 'CRYPTO=GNUTLS' 'CRYPTO=OPENSSL')" ${makejobs}
 }
 do_install() {
 	vmkdir usr/lib