diff --git a/media-tv/kodi/kodi-9999.ebuild b/media-tv/kodi/kodi-9999.ebuild
index 46debc7cf613e..6b1dd65216e00 100644
--- a/media-tv/kodi/kodi-9999.ebuild
+++ b/media-tv/kodi/kodi-9999.ebuild
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ COMMON_DEPEND="${PYTHON_DEPS}
 	)
 	mysql? ( dev-db/mysql-connector-c:= )
 	mariadb? ( dev-db/mariadb-connector-c:= )
-	>=net-misc/curl-7.56.1
+	>=net-misc/curl-7.56.1[http2]
 	nfs? ( >=net-fs/libnfs-2.0.0:= )
 	opengl? ( media-libs/glu )
 	!libressl? ( >=dev-libs/openssl-1.0.2l:0= )