diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 38e998b978..a7fab640c0 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@ Build-Depends: debhelper-compat (= 13),
                libinput-dev,
                libxkbcommon-x11-dev,
                libsqlite3-dev,
-               libsdl2-dev
+               libsdl2-dev,
+               libcurl4-gnutls-dev
 Standards-Version: 4.6.2
 Homepage: https://github.com/meshtastic/firmware
 Rules-Requires-Root: no
diff --git a/meshtasticd.spec.rpkg b/meshtasticd.spec.rpkg
index 0fd5f14270..6f181f71bf 100644
--- a/meshtasticd.spec.rpkg
+++ b/meshtasticd.spec.rpkg
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ BuildRequires: pkgconfig(libusb-1.0)
 BuildRequires: libi2c-devel
 BuildRequires: pkgconfig(libuv)
 BuildRequires: pkgconfig(sqlite3)
+BuildRequires: pkgconfig(libcurl)
 # Web components:
 BuildRequires: pkgconfig(openssl)
 BuildRequires: pkgconfig(liborcania)