diff --git a/package/opkg/opkg.mk b/package/opkg/opkg.mk
index 3d46adb59a..ea870aa21a 100644
--- a/package/opkg/opkg.mk
+++ b/package/opkg/opkg.mk
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ OPKG_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf libarchive
 OPKG_LICENSE = GPL-2.0+
 OPKG_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
 OPKG_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
-OPKG_CONF_OPTS = --disable-curl
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_OPKG_GPG_SIGN),y)
 OPKG_CONF_OPTS += --enable-gpg
@@ -22,6 +21,18 @@ else
 OPKG_CONF_OPTS += --disable-gpg
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBCURL),y)
+OPKG_DEPENDENCIES += libcurl
+OPKG_CONF_OPTS += --enable-curl
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_OPENSSL),y)
+OPKG_CONF_OPTS += --enable-ssl-curl
+else
+OPKG_CONF_OPTS += --disable-ssl-curl
+endif
+else
+OPKG_CONF_OPTS += --disable-curl --disable-ssl-curl
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_BZIP2),y)
 OPKG_DEPENDENCIES += bzip2
 OPKG_CONF_OPTS += --enable-bzip2