diff --git a/rudder-agent/SPECS/rudder-agent.spec b/rudder-agent/SPECS/rudder-agent.spec
index 3e1672405..4fc6cf310 100644
--- a/rudder-agent/SPECS/rudder-agent.spec
+++ b/rudder-agent/SPECS/rudder-agent.spec
@@ -66,9 +66,13 @@
 %if 0%{?rhel} && 0%{?rhel} < 8
 # no jq before RHEL8
 %define with_jq true
-%define with_libcurl true
 %define with_openssl true
 %endif
+%if 0%{?rhel} && 0%{?rhel} < 9
+# need updated curl for RHEL 9 
+%define with_libcurl true
+%endif
+
 
 # 3 - SUSE
 # Reference for suse_version : https://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Build_Service_cross_distribution_howto