diff --git a/package/network/services/dropbear/Config.in b/package/network/services/dropbear/Config.in
index 19ef71c0b21551f5951b44668481d8cc2ea944d7..3316c84e9e5f8d70a5aae11da22bac975e30b2c8 100644
--- a/package/network/services/dropbear/Config.in
+++ b/package/network/services/dropbear/Config.in
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ menu "Configuration"
 
 config DROPBEAR_CURVE25519
 	bool "Curve25519 support"
-	default n
+	default y
 	help
 		This enables the following key exchange algorithm:
 		  curve25519-sha256@libssh.org