diff --git a/package/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.mk b/package/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.mk
index 4f9a455e81..57ee46ce05 100644
--- a/package/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.mk
+++ b/package/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.mk
@@ -61,8 +61,13 @@ endif
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBCURL),y)
 SYSLOG_NG_DEPENDENCIES += libcurl
-SYSLOG_NG_CONF_OPTS += --enable-http --enable-cloud-auth
+SYSLOG_NG_CONF_OPTS += --enable-http
 SYSLOG_NG_CONF_OPTS += --with-libcurl="$(STAGING_DIR)/usr"
+ifeq ($(BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP),y)
+SYSLOG_NG_CONF_OPTS += --enable-cloud-auth
+else
+SYSLOG_NG_CONF_OPTS += --disable-cloud-auth
+endif
 else
 SYSLOG_NG_CONF_OPTS += --disable-http --disable-cloud-auth
 endif