diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index f988290..59b99e7 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ add_subdirectory(extras)
 # Seems simple.
 
 message(STATUS "Looking for CURL")
-find_package(CURL REQUIRED)
+find_package(CURL)
 
 if(CURL_FOUND)
   message(STATUS "Found CURL version: ${CURL_VERSION_STRING}")
@@ -79,7 +79,24 @@ else()
   message(STATUS "Fetching CURL")
   include(FetchContent)
   FetchContent_Declare(CURL GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/curl/curl.git)
-  FetchContent_MakeAvailable(CURL)
+  FetchContent_GetProperties(CURL)
+  if(NOT CURL_POPULATED)
+    FetchContent_Populate(CURL)
+    set(BUILD_CURL_EXE OFF CACHE BOOL "Disable building CURL executable")
+    set(BUILD_STATIC_CURL ON CACHE BOOL "Build CURL staticly")
+
+    set(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS_PREV ${BUILD_SHARED_LIBS})
+    set(BUILD_STATIC_LIBS_PREV ${BUILD_STATIC_LIBS})
+    set(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS OFF CACHE BOOL "Disable building shared libs")
+    set(BUILD_STATIC_LIBS ON CACHE BOOL "Enable building static libs")
+    add_subdirectory(${curl_SOURCE_DIR} ${curl_BINARY_DIR})
+    set(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS ${BUILD_SHARED_LIBS_PREV} CACHE BOOL "Restore BUILD_SHARED_LIBS" FORCE)
+    set(BUILD_STATIC_LIBS ${BUILD_STATIC_LIBS_PREV} CACHE BOOL "Restore BUILD_STATIC_LIBS" FORCE)
+    unset(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS_PREV)
+    unset(BUILD_STATIC_LIBS_PREV)
+  endif()
+  set(CURL_INCLUDE_DIRS "${curl_SOURCE_DIR}/include")
+  set(CURL_LIBRARIES "libcurl")
 endif()
 
 # All following targets should search these directories for headers