diff --git a/data/curl_insecure_patch.txt b/data/curl_insecure_patch.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e3309059
--- /dev/null
+++ b/data/curl_insecure_patch.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- src/tool_getparam.c.old	2015-01-12 17:18:15.149251979 +0100
++++ src/tool_getparam.c	2015-01-12 17:18:39.397148081 +0100
+@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@
+   {"I",  "head",                     FALSE},
+   {"j",  "junk-session-cookies",     FALSE},
+   {"J",  "remote-header-name",       FALSE},
+-  {"k",  "insecure",                 FALSE},
++  {"k",  "insecure",                 TRUE},
+   {"K",  "config",                   TRUE},
+   {"l",  "list-only",                FALSE},
+   {"L",  "location",                 FALSE},
diff --git a/scripts/install_curl.sh b/scripts/install_curl.sh
index 2a899dc6..e8a69f9b 100755
--- a/scripts/install_curl.sh
+++ b/scripts/install_curl.sh
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ then
     ${QPACKAGE_ROOT}/scripts/fetch_from_web.py ${CURL_URL} CURL.tar.gz 
     tar -zxf CURL.tar.gz && rm CURL.tar.gz ||exit 1
     cd curl* || exit 1 
+    cp src/tool_getparam.c src/tool_getparam.c.old
+    patch < ../data/curl_insecure_patch.txt
     ./configure && make || exit 1 
     ln -s ${PWD}/src/curl ${QPACKAGE_ROOT}/bin 
 else