diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index f7b0c38fe..3b62cf97e 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ Build-Depends:
  debhelper-compat (= 13),
  gettext,
  libgnunet-dev,
- libcurl4-gnutls-dev (>=7.35.0),
+ libcurl4-gnutls-dev (>=7.35.0) | libcurl4-openssl-dev (>= 7.35.0),
  libgcrypt20-dev (>=1.6),
  libgnutls28-dev (>=3.2.12),
  libidn2-dev,