diff --git a/patterns-base.spec b/patterns-base.spec
index 012a978..2a57763 100644
--- a/patterns-base.spec
+++ b/patterns-base.spec
@@ -179,6 +179,8 @@ Suggests:       postfix
 Suggests:       pulseaudio
 # There are multiple providers for /usr/bin/openssl and openssl(cli); defaulting to openssl
 Suggests:       openssl
+# In line with above: the default openssl version is 1.1 for now; at the moment, the meta package does not provide all symbols needed
+Suggests:       openssl-1_1
 
 %description base
 This is the base runtime system.  It contains only a minimal multiuser booting system. For running on real hardware, you need to add additional packages and pattern to make this pattern useful on its own.