diff --git a/package/boinc/boinc.mk b/package/boinc/boinc.mk
index 827eaa0c84..5dccf4c43f 100644
--- a/package/boinc/boinc.mk
+++ b/package/boinc/boinc.mk
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ BOINC_LICENSE = LGPL-3.0+
 BOINC_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING COPYING.LESSER
 BOINC_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf libcurl openssl
 BOINC_AUTORECONF = YES
+BOINC_CONF_ENV = ac_cv_path__libcurl_config=$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/bin/curl-config
 BOINC_CONF_OPTS = \
 	--disable-apps \
 	--disable-boinczip \