diff --git a/vars/build.vars b/vars/build.vars
index 47ce515..cd73983 100644
--- a/vars/build.vars
+++ b/vars/build.vars
@@ -336,6 +336,7 @@ LIB_PACKAGES_PREFIX="${PREFIX_NATIVE}";
 : ${PKG_CURL_SHA256SUM:=7f8240048907e5030f67be0a6129bc4b333783b9cca1391026d700835a788dde};
 : ${PKG_CURL_VERSION:=7.51.0};
 : ${PKG_CURL_URL:=https://curl.haxx.se/download/curl-${PKG_CURL_VERSION}.tar.bz2};
+: ${PKG_CURL_CONFIGURE_ARGS_EXTRA:=--with-ssl};
 : ${PKG_CURL_LDFLAGS_BUILD_EXTRA:=-L${PREFIX_NATIVE}/lib};
 : ${PKG_LIBPNG_SHA256SUM:=2f1e960d92ce3b3abd03d06dfec9637dfbd22febf107a536b44f7a47c60659f6};
 : ${PKG_LIBPNG_VERSION:=1.6.34};