diff --git a/net/sslh/Makefile b/net/sslh/Makefile
index c8527d157a..cc2b7211a1 100644
--- a/net/sslh/Makefile
+++ b/net/sslh/Makefile
@@ -30,6 +30,15 @@ define Package/sslh
   URL:=https://rutschle.net/tech/sslh/README.html
 endef
 
+define Package/sslh/config
+    config SSLH_SELECT
+        bool "Use sslh-select"
+        depends on PACKAGE_sslh
+        help
+            Use sslh-select instead of sslh-fork.
+        default n
+endef
+
 define Package/sslh/conffiles
 /etc/config/sslh
 /etc/sslh.conf
@@ -40,7 +49,11 @@ MAKE_FLAGS += \
 
 define Package/sslh/install
 	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/sbin
+ifeq ($(CONFIG_SSLH_SELECT),y)
+	$(INSTALL_BIN) $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/sslh-select $(1)/usr/sbin/sslh
+else
 	$(INSTALL_BIN) $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/sslh-fork $(1)/usr/sbin/sslh
+endif
 	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/etc/init.d/
 	$(INSTALL_BIN) files/$(PKG_NAME).init $(1)/etc/init.d/$(PKG_NAME)
 	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/etc/config
diff --git a/net/sslh/patches/002-configfile-fix.patch b/net/sslh/patches/001-configfile-fix.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from net/sslh/patches/002-configfile-fix.patch
rename to net/sslh/patches/001-configfile-fix.patch
diff --git a/net/sslh/patches/001-no_sslh_select.patch b/net/sslh/patches/001-no_sslh_select.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 0b57757dc6..0000000000
--- a/net/sslh/patches/001-no_sslh_select.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
---- a/Makefile
-+++ b/Makefile
-@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ all: sslh $(MAN) echosrv $(CONDITIONAL_T
- version.h:
- 	./genver.sh >version.h
- 
--sslh: sslh-fork sslh-select
-+sslh: sslh-fork
- 
- $(OBJS): version.h common.h collection.h sslh-conf.h gap.h
- 
-@@ -81,10 +81,6 @@ sslh-fork: version.h $(OBJS) sslh-fork.o
- 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -o sslh-fork sslh-fork.o $(OBJS) $(LIBS)
- 	#strip sslh-fork
- 
--sslh-select: version.h $(OBJS) sslh-select.o Makefile
--	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -o sslh-select sslh-select.o $(OBJS) $(LIBS)
--	#strip sslh-select
--
- systemd-sslh-generator: systemd-sslh-generator.o
- 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -o systemd-sslh-generator systemd-sslh-generator.o -lconfig
- 
-@@ -133,7 +129,7 @@ distclean: clean
- 	rm -f tags sslh-conf.[ch] echosrv-conf.[ch] cscope.*
- 
- clean:
--	rm -f sslh-fork sslh-select echosrv version.h $(MAN) systemd-sslh-generator *.o *.gcov *.gcno *.gcda *.png *.html *.css *.info
-+	rm -f sslh-fork echosrv version.h $(MAN) systemd-sslh-generator *.o *.gcov *.gcno *.gcda *.png *.html *.css *.info
- 
- tags:
- 	ctags --globals -T *.[ch]