diff --git a/package/linknx/Config.in b/package/linknx/Config.in
index 36838fed6c..ca55c8bfb2 100644
--- a/package/linknx/Config.in
+++ b/package/linknx/Config.in
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 config BR2_PACKAGE_LINKNX
 	bool "linknx"
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBPTHSEM
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBCURL # for autoreconf
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_ARGP_STANDALONE \
 	       if BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_UCLIBC || BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_MUSL
 	depends on BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP
diff --git a/package/linknx/linknx.mk b/package/linknx/linknx.mk
index 9d1f75e122..5dc8bb2d08 100644
--- a/package/linknx/linknx.mk
+++ b/package/linknx/linknx.mk
@@ -15,9 +15,11 @@ LINKNX_CONF_OPTS = \
 	--without-log4cpp \
 	--without-pth-test \
 	--with-pth=$(STAGING_DIR)/usr \
-	--disable-smtp
+	--disable-smtp \
+	--with-libcurl=$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/bin/curl-config
 
-LINKNX_DEPENDENCIES = libpthsem $(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_ARGP_STANDALONE),argp-standalone)
+LINKNX_DEPENDENCIES = libpthsem libcurl \
+	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_ARGP_STANDALONE),argp-standalone)
 
 # This is needed to make autoreconf happy
 define LINKNX_CREATE_MISSING_FILES
@@ -32,11 +34,4 @@ else
 LINKNX_CONF_OPTS += --without-mysql
 endif
 
-ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBCURL),y)
-LINKNX_CONF_OPTS += --with-libcurl=$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/bin/curl-config
-LINKNX_DEPENDENCIES += libcurl
-else
-LINKNX_CONF_OPTS += --without-libcurl
-endif
-
 $(eval $(autotools-package))