diff --git a/package/libcurl/libcurl.mk b/package/libcurl/libcurl.mk
index 5aa6d542ad..3bc5207951 100644
--- a/package/libcurl/libcurl.mk
+++ b/package/libcurl/libcurl.mk
@@ -50,7 +50,8 @@ LIBCURL_CONF_OPTS += -without-ssl
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBCURL_GNUTLS),y)
-LIBCURL_CONF_OPTS += --with-gnutls=$(STAGING_DIR)/usr
+LIBCURL_CONF_OPTS += --with-gnutls=$(STAGING_DIR)/usr \
+	--with-ca-fallback
 LIBCURL_DEPENDENCIES += gnutls
 else
 LIBCURL_CONF_OPTS += --without-gnutls