diff --git a/admin/syslog-ng/Makefile b/admin/syslog-ng/Makefile
index 842d447d21..13b7fa0174 100644
--- a/admin/syslog-ng/Makefile
+++ b/admin/syslog-ng/Makefile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=syslog-ng
 PKG_VERSION:=4.6.0
-PKG_RELEASE:=1
+PKG_RELEASE:=2
 
 PKG_MAINTAINER:=Josef Schlehofer <pepe.schlehofer@gmail.com>
 PKG_LICENSE:=LGPL-2.1-or-later GPL-2.0-or-later
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS:= \
 
 PKG_CONFIG_DEPENDS:= \
 	CONFIG_IPV6 \
+	CONFIG_LIBCURL_ZLIB
 
 include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/package.mk
 include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/nls.mk
@@ -33,7 +34,7 @@ define Package/syslog-ng
   CATEGORY:=Administration
   TITLE:=A powerful syslog daemon
   URL:=https://www.syslog-ng.com/products/open-source-log-management/
-  DEPENDS:=+libpcre2 +glib2 +libopenssl +libpthread +librt +zlib +libdbi +libjson-c +libcurl +libuuid +SYSLOGNG_LOGROTATE:logrotate
+  DEPENDS:=+libpcre2 +glib2 +libopenssl +libpthread +librt +libdbi +libjson-c +libcurl +libuuid +SYSLOGNG_LOGROTATE:logrotate +LIBCURL_ZLIB:zlib
 endef
 
 define Package/syslog-ng/description
@@ -91,7 +92,7 @@ CONFIGURE_ARGS +=  \
 	--with-jsonc=system \
 	--enable-cpp=no \
 	--enable-json=yes \
-	--enable-http=yes \
+	$(if $(CONFIG_LIBCURL_ZLIB),--enable-http=yes,--enable-http=no) \
 	--disable-smtp \
 	--disable-mqtt \
 	--disable-redis \