diff --git a/net/net-snmp/files/snmpd.init b/net/net-snmp/files/snmpd.init
index cb5bc42d1fe8df..c49cc34bac74c5 100644
--- a/net/net-snmp/files/snmpd.init
+++ b/net/net-snmp/files/snmpd.init
@@ -263,9 +263,16 @@ snmpd_snmpv3_add() {
 	fi
 
 	if [ "$CONFIG_NETSNMP_WITH_OPENSSL" = "n" ]; then
+		uci set snmpd.general.openssl='0'
+		uci commit
 		return 0
 	fi
 
+	if [ "$CONFIG_NETSNMP_WITH_OPENSSL" = "y" ]; then
+		uci set snmpd.general.openssl='1'
+		uci commit
+	fi
+
 	config_get username "$cfg" username
 	[ -n "$username" ] || return 0