diff --git a/package/network/utils/curl/Config.in b/package/network/utils/curl/Config.in
index d8cd404c20..cebf16b6cb 100644
--- a/package/network/utils/curl/Config.in
+++ b/package/network/utils/curl/Config.in
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ config LIBCURL_LIBIDN2
 
 config LIBCURL_THREADED_RESOLVER
 	bool "Enable threaded DNS resolver"
-	default n
+	default y
 	help
 		Enable POSIX threaded asynchronous DNS resolution