diff --git a/depends/packages/libcurl.mk b/depends/packages/libcurl.mk
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9e8577bb5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/depends/packages/libcurl.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+package=libcurl
+$(package)_version=7.54.0
+$(package)_download_path=https://curl.haxx.se/download
+$(package)_file_name=curl-$($(package)_version).tar.gz
+$(package)_sha256_hash=a84b635941c74e26cce69dd817489bec687eb1f230e7d1897fc5b5f108b59adf
+$(package)_config_opts=--disable-shared --enable-static --prefix=$(host_prefix)
+$(package)_cflags=
+$(package)_conf_tool=./configure
+
+define $(package)_set_vars
+endef
+
+define $(package)_config_cmds
+  $($(package)_conf_tool) $($(package)_config_opts)
+endef
+
+define $(package)_build_cmds
+  $(MAKE)
+endef
+
+define $(package)_stage_cmds
+  $(MAKE) DESTDIR=$($(package)_staging_dir) install
+endef
diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
index b6f4f2e83..ce0bd6cd3 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ BITCOIN_INCLUDES=-I$(builddir) -I$(builddir)/obj $(BOOST_CPPFLAGS) $(LEVELDB_CPP
 BITCOIN_INCLUDES += -I$(srcdir)/secp256k1/include
 BITCOIN_INCLUDES += -I$(srcdir)/univalue/include
 
-LIBBITCOIN_SERVER=libbitcoin_server.a
+LIBBITCOIN_SERVER=libbitcoin_server.a -lcurl
 LIBBITCOIN_WALLET=libbitcoin_wallet.a
 LIBBITCOIN_COMMON=libbitcoin_common.a
 LIBBITCOIN_CLI=libbitcoin_cli.a