diff --git a/src/config.h b/src/config.h
index 1e75f461..463d0917 100644
--- a/src/config.h
+++ b/src/config.h
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@
 #define	DOWNLOAD_PROTO_TFTP	/* Trivial File Transfer Protocol */
 #undef	DOWNLOAD_PROTO_NFS	/* Network File System */
 #define	DOWNLOAD_PROTO_HTTP	/* Hypertext Transfer Protocol */
+#undef	DOWNLOAD_PROTO_FTP	/* File Transfer Protocol */
 #undef	DOWNLOAD_PROTO_TFTM	/* Multicast Trivial File Transfer Protocol */
 #undef	DOWNLOAD_PROTO_SLAM	/* Scalable Local Area Multicast */
 #undef	DOWNLOAD_PROTO_FSP	/* FSP? */
diff --git a/src/core/config.c b/src/core/config.c
index ac3100a3..71f8777d 100644
--- a/src/core/config.c
+++ b/src/core/config.c
@@ -91,6 +91,9 @@ REQUIRE_OBJECT ( nfs );
 #ifdef DOWNLOAD_PROTO_HTTP
 REQUIRE_OBJECT ( http );
 #endif
+#ifdef DOWNLOAD_PROTO_FTP
+REQUIRE_OBJECT ( ftp );
+#endif
 #ifdef DOWNLOAD_PROTO_TFTM
 REQUIRE_OBJECT ( tftm );
 #endif