diff --git a/rdkafka-sys/build.rs b/rdkafka-sys/build.rs
index e0f517e52..d4291c467 100644
--- a/rdkafka-sys/build.rs
+++ b/rdkafka-sys/build.rs
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ fn build_librdkafka() {
         configure_flags.push("--disable-zlib".into());
     }
 
-    if env::var("CARGO_FEATURE_CURL").is_ok() {
+    if env::var("CARGO_FEATURE_CURL").is_ok() || env::var("CARGO_FEATURE_CURL_STATIC").is_ok() {
         // There is no --enable-curl option, but it is enabled by default.
         if let Ok(curl_root) = env::var("DEP_CURL_ROOT") {
             cflags.push("-DCURLSTATIC_LIB".to_string());
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ fn build_librdkafka() {
         config.define("WITH_ZLIB", "0");
     }
 
-    if env::var("CARGO_FEATURE_CURL").is_ok() {
+    if env::var("CARGO_FEATURE_CURL").is_ok() || env::var("CARGO_FEATURE_CURL_STATIC").is_ok() {
         config.define("WITH_CURL", "1");
         config.register_dep("curl");
         if let Ok(curl_root) = env::var("DEP_CURL_ROOT") {
diff --git a/rdkafka-sys/librdkafka b/rdkafka-sys/librdkafka
index c024ac13d..e1db7eaa5 160000
--- a/rdkafka-sys/librdkafka
+++ b/rdkafka-sys/librdkafka
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit c024ac13daf98667de2b8724986e97f489644c15
+Subproject commit e1db7eaa517f0a6438bc846a9c49ede73b9ea211