diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index fd02ed8d386e..a9277bea9fc0 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -1141,6 +1141,7 @@ with pkgs;
     perlSupport = false;
     rustSupport = false; # Needed for bootstrap
     withpcre2 = false;
+    curl = if stdenv.hostPlatform.isFreeBSD then curlMinimal else curl; # Needed for FreeBSD bootstrap
   };
 
   bump2version = with python3Packages; toPythonApplication bump2version;