diff --git a/package/libcurl/libcurl.mk b/package/libcurl/libcurl.mk
index e8f13bb4c6..50a55b4de0 100644
--- a/package/libcurl/libcurl.mk
+++ b/package/libcurl/libcurl.mk
@@ -30,6 +30,12 @@ endef
 
 LIBCURL_POST_INSTALL_TARGET_HOOKS += LIBCURL_TARGET_CLEANUP
 
+define LIBCURL_STAGING_FIXUP_CURL_CONFIG
+	$(SED) "s,prefix=/usr,prefix=$(STAGING_DIR)/usr," $(STAGING_DIR)/usr/bin/curl-config
+endef
+
+LIBCURL_POST_INSTALL_STAGING_HOOKS += LIBCURL_STAGING_FIXUP_CURL_CONFIG
+
 $(eval $(call AUTOTARGETS))
 
 curl: libcurl