diff --git a/utils/genrandconfig b/utils/genrandconfig
index 66b7a87311..216e733799 100755
--- a/utils/genrandconfig
+++ b/utils/genrandconfig
@@ -677,6 +677,7 @@ async def gen_config(args):
 
     # Allow hosts with old certificates to download over https
     configlines.append("BR2_WGET=\"wget -nd -t 3 --no-check-certificate\"\n")
+    configlines.append("BR2_CURL=\"curl --ftp-pasv --retry 3 --insecure\"\n")
 
     # Per-package folder
     if randint(0, 15) == 0: