diff --git a/ports/curl/CONTROL b/ports/curl/CONTROL
index 450f43d598..6db37600ab 100644
--- a/ports/curl/CONTROL
+++ b/ports/curl/CONTROL
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Source: curl
-Version: 7.58.0
-Build-Depends: zlib, openssl, libssh2
+Version: 7.58.0-1
+Build-Depends: zlib, openssl, libssh2, nghttp2
 Description: A library for transferring data with URLs
 # For WINSSL create target triplet which contains set(CURL_USE_WINSSL ON)
diff --git a/ports/curl/portfile.cmake b/ports/curl/portfile.cmake
index 64001704ae..4516793a23 100644
--- a/ports/curl/portfile.cmake
+++ b/ports/curl/portfile.cmake
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ vcpkg_configure_cmake(
         -DBUILD_TESTING=OFF
         -DBUILD_CURL_EXE=OFF
         -DENABLE_MANUAL=OFF
+        -DUSE_NGHTTP2=ON
         -DCURL_STATICLIB=${CURL_STATICLIB}
         -DCMAKE_USE_OPENSSL=${USE_OPENSSL}
         -DCMAKE_USE_WINSSL=${USE_WINSSL}