diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index bcbf5b9e9..f1fc3b2bb 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1570,6 +1570,7 @@ LZ4_DOWNLOAD_BASE ?= https://github.com/lz4/lz4/archive
 ZSTD_VER ?= 1.3.3
 ZSTD_SHA256 ?= a77c47153ee7de02626c5b2a097005786b71688be61e9fb81806a011f90b297b
 ZSTD_DOWNLOAD_BASE ?= https://github.com/facebook/zstd/archive
+CURL_SSL_OPTS ?= --tlsv1
 
 ifeq ($(PLATFORM), OS_MACOSX)
 	ROCKSDBJNILIB = librocksdbjni-osx.jnilib
@@ -1625,7 +1626,7 @@ libbz2.a:
 
 libsnappy.a:
 	-rm -rf snappy-$(SNAPPY_VER)
-	curl -O -L ${SNAPPY_DOWNLOAD_BASE}/$(SNAPPY_VER)/snappy-$(SNAPPY_VER).tar.gz
+	curl -O -L ${CURL_SSL_OPTS} ${SNAPPY_DOWNLOAD_BASE}/$(SNAPPY_VER)/snappy-$(SNAPPY_VER).tar.gz
 	SNAPPY_SHA256_ACTUAL=`$(SHA256_CMD) snappy-$(SNAPPY_VER).tar.gz | cut -d ' ' -f 1`; \
 	if [ "$(SNAPPY_SHA256)" != "$$SNAPPY_SHA256_ACTUAL" ]; then \
 		echo snappy-$(SNAPPY_VER).tar.gz checksum mismatch, expected=\"$(SNAPPY_SHA256)\" actual=\"$$SNAPPY_SHA256_ACTUAL\"; \
@@ -1638,7 +1639,7 @@ libsnappy.a:
 
 liblz4.a:
 	-rm -rf lz4-$(LZ4_VER)
-	curl -O -L ${LZ4_DOWNLOAD_BASE}/v$(LZ4_VER).tar.gz
+	curl -O -L ${CURL_SSL_OPTS} ${LZ4_DOWNLOAD_BASE}/v$(LZ4_VER).tar.gz
 	mv v$(LZ4_VER).tar.gz lz4-$(LZ4_VER).tar.gz
 	LZ4_SHA256_ACTUAL=`$(SHA256_CMD) lz4-$(LZ4_VER).tar.gz | cut -d ' ' -f 1`; \
 	if [ "$(LZ4_SHA256)" != "$$LZ4_SHA256_ACTUAL" ]; then \
@@ -1651,7 +1652,7 @@ liblz4.a:
 
 libzstd.a:
 	-rm -rf zstd-$(ZSTD_VER)
-	curl -O -L ${ZSTD_DOWNLOAD_BASE}/v$(ZSTD_VER).tar.gz
+	curl -O -L ${CURL_SSL_OPTS} ${ZSTD_DOWNLOAD_BASE}/v$(ZSTD_VER).tar.gz
 	mv v$(ZSTD_VER).tar.gz zstd-$(ZSTD_VER).tar.gz
 	ZSTD_SHA256_ACTUAL=`$(SHA256_CMD) zstd-$(ZSTD_VER).tar.gz | cut -d ' ' -f 1`; \
 	if [ "$(ZSTD_SHA256)" != "$$ZSTD_SHA256_ACTUAL" ]; then \