diff --git a/package/network/utils/curl/Makefile b/package/network/utils/curl/Makefile
index 2c6e6ea2b7..a77fcc89a7 100644
--- a/package/network/utils/curl/Makefile
+++ b/package/network/utils/curl/Makefile
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ CONFIGURE_ARGS += \
 	--disable-manual \
 	--disable-verbose \
 	--without-ca-bundle \
-	--with-ca-path=/etc/ssl/certs/ \
+	$(if $(CONFIG_LIBCURL_OPENSSL),--with-ca-path=/etc/ssl/certs/) \
 	--without-krb4 \
 	--without-libidn \
 	--without-nss \