diff --git a/package/curlftpfs/curlftpfs.mk b/package/curlftpfs/curlftpfs.mk
index c7d04aeea9..ff70f3b408 100644
--- a/package/curlftpfs/curlftpfs.mk
+++ b/package/curlftpfs/curlftpfs.mk
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 
 CURLFTPFS_VERSION = 0.9.2
 CURLFTPFS_SITE = http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/curlftpfs/curlftpfs/$(CURLFTPFS_VERSION)
+CURLFTPFS_CONF_ENV = ac_cv_path__libcurl_config=$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/bin/curl-config
 CURLFTPFS_DEPENDENCIES = \
 	libglib2 libfuse openssl libcurl \
 	$(if $(BR2_NEEDS_GETTEXT_IF_LOCALE),gettext) \