diff --git a/package/gdal/gdal.mk b/package/gdal/gdal.mk
index e9dcc826b5..937e28ba20 100644
--- a/package/gdal/gdal.mk
+++ b/package/gdal/gdal.mk
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ GDAL_CONF_OPTS = \
 	-DGDAL_USE_OPENSSL=OFF \
 	-DGDAL_USE_CRYPTOPP=OFF \
 	-DGDAL_USE_CRNLIB=OFF \
-	-DGDAL_USE_CURL=OFF \
 	-DGDAL_USE_ECW=OFF \
 	-DGDAL_USE_FILEGDB=OFF \
 	-DGDAL_USE_FREEXL=OFF \
@@ -112,6 +111,13 @@ else
 GDAL_CONF_OPTS += -DGDAL_USE_EXPAT=OFF
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBCURL),y)
+GDAL_DEPENDENCIES += libcurl
+GDAL_CONF_OPTS += -DGDAL_USE_CURL=ON
+else
+GDAL_CONF_OPTS += -DGDAL_USE_CURL=OFF
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBXML2),y)
 GDAL_DEPENDENCIES += libxml2
 GDAL_CONF_OPTS += -DGDAL_USE_LIBXML2=ON