diff --git a/package/libcurl/libcurl.mk b/package/libcurl/libcurl.mk
index 1fae41ea3a..509dbdb54e 100644
--- a/package/libcurl/libcurl.mk
+++ b/package/libcurl/libcurl.mk
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ LIBCURL_CONF_ENV += LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$(if $(LD_LIBRARY_PATH),$(LD_LIBRARY_PATH):)
 LIBCURL_CONF_OPTS += --with-ssl=$(STAGING_DIR)/usr \
 	--with-ca-path=/etc/ssl/certs
 else
-LIBCURL_CONF_OPTS += -without-ssl
+LIBCURL_CONF_OPTS += --without-ssl
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBCURL_GNUTLS),y)