1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index df446bc56..13ce4540d 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -74,6 +74,13 @@ AC_CHECK_HEADER(db.h,
 
 LIBS="$saveLIBS"
 
+AC_CHECK_LIB(curl, curl_easy_init,
+     [AC_CHECK_HEADER(curl/curl.h,
+        curl_ok=yes,
+        curl_ok=no)],
+     AC_MSG_ERROR([failed: I need CURL due https support]),
+)
+
 AC_SUBST(BDBLIB)
 
 dnl Converts the ARCH to be something singular for this general CPU family