diff --git a/meta/recipes-support/curl/curl_7.81.0.bb b/meta/recipes-support/curl/curl_7.81.0.bb
index c22a13cfea3f..e7219def18d8 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-support/curl/curl_7.81.0.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-support/curl/curl_7.81.0.bb
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ EXTRA_OECONF = " \
     --enable-debug \
     --enable-optimize \
     --disable-curldebug \
+    ${@'--without-ssl' if (bb.utils.filter('PACKAGECONFIG', 'gnutls mbedtls nss openssl', d) == '') else ''} \
 "
 
 do_install:append:class-target() {