diff --git a/include/transport/HTTPRequest.h b/include/transport/HTTPRequest.h
index d1b780e86cce43a03f87768b5dfa6471f52458a1..5eea41519cd3be4c1e4222fc3f004c9fac741ff2 100644
--- a/include/transport/HTTPRequest.h
+++ b/include/transport/HTTPRequest.h
@@ -40,6 +40,14 @@ class HTTPRequest : public Thread {
 
 		boost::signal<void ()> onRequestFinished;
 
+		static void globalInit() {
+			curl_global_init(CURL_GLOBAL_ALL);
+		}
+
+		static void globalCleanup() {
+			curl_global_cleanup();
+		}
+
 	private:
 		bool init();
 		bool GET(std::string url, std::string &output);