diff --git a/conf/distro/include/tls-lib.inc b/conf/distro/include/tls-lib.inc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..41ffa7b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/conf/distro/include/tls-lib.inc
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+PYCURL_SSL_LIBRARY_pn-pycurl = "openssl"
+PACKAGECONFIG_append_pn-curl = " ssl"
+PACKAGECONFIG_remove_pn-curl = "gnutls"
diff --git a/conf/distro/netmodule-linux.conf b/conf/distro/netmodule-linux.conf
index 334a1a8..5d4ac16 100644
--- a/conf/distro/netmodule-linux.conf
+++ b/conf/distro/netmodule-linux.conf
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 inherit += "externalgitsrc"
+require include/tls-lib.inc
 
 DISTRO = "netmodule-linux"
 DISTRO_NAME = "NetModule Linux Distribution"
diff --git a/recipes-devtools/python/python-pycurl.inc b/recipes-devtools/python/python-pycurl.inc
index ac9a370..90209fd 100644
--- a/recipes-devtools/python/python-pycurl.inc
+++ b/recipes-devtools/python/python-pycurl.inc
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "6f08330c5cf79fa8ef68b9912b9901db7ffd34b63e225dce74db56bb21
 inherit pypi
 
 PYPI_PACKAGE = "pycurl"
+PYCURL_SSL_LIBRARY ??= "openssl"
 
 DEPENDS = "\
     curl \