diff --git a/package/network/utils/curl/Config.in b/package/network/utils/curl/Config.in
index 9afeb00bc7..36abc02b5a 100644
--- a/package/network/utils/curl/Config.in
+++ b/package/network/utils/curl/Config.in
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ comment "SSL support"
 
 choice
 	prompt "Selected SSL library"
-	default LIBCURL_MBEDTLS
+	default LIBCURL_OPENSSL
 
 	config LIBCURL_MBEDTLS
 		bool "mbed TLS"
@@ -99,11 +99,11 @@ config LIBCURL_TELNET
 
 config LIBCURL_TFTP
 	bool "TFTP protocol"
-	default n
+	default y
 
 config LIBCURL_NGHTTP2
 	bool "HTTP2 protocol"
-	default n
+	default y
 
 comment "Miscellaneous"
 
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ config LIBCURL_PROXY
 
 config LIBCURL_CRYPTO_AUTH
 	bool "Enable cryptographic authentication"
-	default n
+	default y
 
 config LIBCURL_TLS_SRP
 	bool "Enable TLS-SRP authentication"
@@ -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