diff --git a/package/minetest/minetest.mk b/package/minetest/minetest.mk
index df9c00db12..de4e3f0184 100644
--- a/package/minetest/minetest.mk
+++ b/package/minetest/minetest.mk
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ MINETEST_DEPENDENCIES = gmp irrlicht jsoncpp luajit sqlite zlib
 
 MINETEST_CONF_OPTS = \
 	-DDEFAULT_RUN_IN_PLACE=OFF \
-	-DENABLE_CURL=OFF \
 	-DENABLE_GETTEXT=OFF \
 	-DENABLE_SOUND=OFF \
 	-DENABLE_GLES=OFF \
@@ -41,4 +40,11 @@ else
 MINETEST_CONF_OPTS += -DBUILD_SERVER=OFF
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBCURL),y)
+MINETEST_DEPENDENCIES += libcurl
+MINETEST_CONF_OPTS += -DENABLE_CURL=ON
+else
+MINETEST_CONF_OPTS += -DENABLE_CURL=OFF
+endif
+
 $(eval $(cmake-package))