diff --git a/lang/python/python-curl/Makefile b/lang/python/python-curl/Makefile
index a7b2b92ae..862507e63 100644
--- a/lang/python/python-curl/Makefile
+++ b/lang/python/python-curl/Makefile
@@ -55,19 +55,22 @@ $(call Package/python-curl/description)
 (Variant for Python3)
 endef
 
+PYTHON_PKG_SETUP_ARGS:=
+PYTHON3_PKG_SETUP_ARGS:=
+
 ifdef CONFIG_LIBCURL_OPENSSL
-  PYTHON_PKG_SETUP_ARGS:=--with-openssl
-  PYTHON3_PKG_SETUP_ARGS:=--with-openssl
+  PYTHON_PKG_SETUP_ARGS+=--with-openssl
+  PYTHON3_PKG_SETUP_ARGS+=--with-openssl
 endif
 
 ifdef CONFIG_LIBCURL_GNUTLS
-  PYTHON_PKG_SETUP_ARGS:=--with-gnutls
-  PYTHON3_PKG_SETUP_ARGS:=--with-gnutls
+  PYTHON_PKG_SETUP_ARGS+=--with-gnutls
+  PYTHON3_PKG_SETUP_ARGS+=--with-gnutls
 endif
 
 ifdef CONFIG_LIBCURL_MBEDTLS
-  PYTHON_PKG_SETUP_ARGS:=--with-mbedtls
-  PYTHON3_PKG_SETUP_ARGS:=--with-mbedtls
+  PYTHON_PKG_SETUP_ARGS+=--with-mbedtls
+  PYTHON3_PKG_SETUP_ARGS+=--with-mbedtls
 endif
 
 $(eval $(call PyPackage,python-curl))