diff --git a/dev-libs/xmlrpc-c/xmlrpc-c-1.54.05-r3.ebuild b/dev-libs/xmlrpc-c/xmlrpc-c-1.54.05-r3.ebuild
index 5f6a9c62e5458..01ec7579e3d37 100644
--- a/dev-libs/xmlrpc-c/xmlrpc-c-1.54.05-r3.ebuild
+++ b/dev-libs/xmlrpc-c/xmlrpc-c-1.54.05-r3.ebuild
@@ -28,7 +28,12 @@ RDEPEND="
 	libxml2? ( dev-libs/libxml2 )
 "
 DEPEND="${RDEPEND}"
-BDEPEND="virtual/pkgconfig"
+
+# configure calls curl-config, hence curl in BDEPEND
+BDEPEND="
+	virtual/pkgconfig
+	curl? ( net-misc/curl )
+"
 
 PATCHES=(
 	"${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-1.51.06-pkg-config-libxml2.patch
diff --git a/dev-libs/xmlrpc-c/xmlrpc-c-1.54.06-r1.ebuild b/dev-libs/xmlrpc-c/xmlrpc-c-1.54.06-r1.ebuild
index 508219953acd2..0a5e8ebcb4620 100644
--- a/dev-libs/xmlrpc-c/xmlrpc-c-1.54.06-r1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-libs/xmlrpc-c/xmlrpc-c-1.54.06-r1.ebuild
@@ -29,7 +29,12 @@ RDEPEND="
 	libxml2? ( dev-libs/libxml2 )
 "
 DEPEND="${RDEPEND}"
-BDEPEND="virtual/pkgconfig"
+
+# configure calls curl-config, hence curl in BDEPEND
+BDEPEND="
+	virtual/pkgconfig
+	curl? ( net-misc/curl )
+"
 
 PATCHES=(
 	"${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-1.51.06-pkg-config-libxml2.patch
diff --git a/dev-libs/xmlrpc-c/xmlrpc-c-1.59.03.ebuild b/dev-libs/xmlrpc-c/xmlrpc-c-1.59.03.ebuild
index 4d3950ce61efe..c7b4df22fc20a 100644
--- a/dev-libs/xmlrpc-c/xmlrpc-c-1.59.03.ebuild
+++ b/dev-libs/xmlrpc-c/xmlrpc-c-1.59.03.ebuild
@@ -29,7 +29,12 @@ RDEPEND="
 	libxml2? ( dev-libs/libxml2 )
 "
 DEPEND="${RDEPEND}"
-BDEPEND="virtual/pkgconfig"
+
+# configure calls curl-config, hence curl in BDEPEND
+BDEPEND="
+	virtual/pkgconfig
+	curl? ( net-misc/curl )
+"
 
 PATCHES=(
 	"${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-1.51.06-pkg-config-libxml2.patch