diff --git a/meta/recipes-support/curl/curl/configure_ac.patch b/meta/recipes-support/curl/curl/configure_ac.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b8bd304
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/recipes-support/curl/curl/configure_ac.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+Upstream-Status:  Pending
+
+--- a/configure.ac
++++ b/configure.ac
+@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ dnl ************************************
+ 
+ CURL_CHECK_COMPILER
+ CURL_SET_COMPILER_BASIC_OPTS
+-CURL_SET_COMPILER_DEBUG_OPTS
++dnl CURL_SET_COMPILER_DEBUG_OPTS
+ CURL_SET_COMPILER_OPTIMIZE_OPTS
+ CURL_SET_COMPILER_WARNING_OPTS
+ 
diff --git a/meta/recipes-support/curl/curl/pkgconfig_fix.patch b/meta/recipes-support/curl/curl/pkgconfig_fix.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5d8769d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/recipes-support/curl/curl/pkgconfig_fix.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+Upstream-Status: Inappropriate [packaging]
+
+diff -Nurd curl-7.29.0/configure.ac curl-7.29.0/configure.ac
+--- curl-7.29.0/configure.ac	2013-02-06 11:47:19.000000000 +0200
++++ curl-7.29.0/configure.ac	2013-02-16 12:32:22.132327764 +0200
+@@ -1883,6 +1883,7 @@
+        AC_SUBST(USE_GNUTLS, [1])
+        GNUTLS_ENABLED=1
+        USE_GNUTLS="yes"
++       GNUTLS_REQUIRED="gnutls"
+        curl_ssl_msg="enabled (GnuTLS)"
+        ],
+        [
+@@ -1953,6 +1954,8 @@
+    ])
+ fi
+ 
++AC_SUBST(GNUTLS_REQUIRED)
++
+ dnl ----------------------------------------------------
+ dnl check for PolarSSL
+ dnl ----------------------------------------------------
+diff -Nurd curl-7.29.0/libcurl.pc.in curl-7.29.0/libcurl.pc.in
+--- curl-7.29.0/libcurl.pc.in	2012-12-12 00:32:22.000000000 +0200
++++ curl-7.29.0/libcurl.pc.in	2013-02-16 12:33:27.063844337 +0200
+@@ -35,5 +35,5 @@
+ Description: Library to transfer files with ftp, http, etc.
+ Version: @CURLVERSION@
+ Libs: -L${libdir} -lcurl
+-Libs.private: @LIBCURL_LIBS@
++Libs.private: -ldl -lz
+ Cflags: -I${includedir} @CPPFLAG_CURL_STATICLIB@
diff --git a/meta/recipes-support/curl/curl_7.44.0.bb b/meta/recipes-support/curl/curl_7.44.0.bb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b293303
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/recipes-support/curl/curl_7.44.0.bb
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+SUMMARY = "Command line tool and library for client-side URL transfers"
+HOMEPAGE = "http://curl.haxx.se/"
+BUGTRACKER = "http://curl.haxx.se/mail/list.cgi?list=curl-tracker"
+SECTION = "console/network"
+LICENSE = "MIT"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;beginline=7;md5=3a34942f4ae3fbf1a303160714e664ac"
+
+SRC_URI = "http://curl.haxx.se/download/curl-${PV}.tar.bz2 \
+           file://pkgconfig_fix.patch \
+          "
+
+# curl likes to set -g0 in CFLAGS, so we stop it
+# from mucking around with debug options
+#
+SRC_URI += " file://configure_ac.patch"
+
+SRC_URI[md5sum] = "6b952ca00e5473b16a11f05f06aa8dae"
+SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "1e2541bae6582bb697c0fbae49e1d3e6fad5d05d5aa80dbd6f072e0a44341814"
+
+inherit autotools pkgconfig binconfig multilib_header
+
+PACKAGECONFIG ??= "${@bb.utils.contains("DISTRO_FEATURES", "ipv6", "ipv6", "", d)} gnutls zlib"
+PACKAGECONFIG_class-native = "ipv6 ssl zlib"
+PACKAGECONFIG_class-nativesdk = "ipv6 ssl zlib"
+
+PACKAGECONFIG[ipv6] = "--enable-ipv6,--disable-ipv6,"
+PACKAGECONFIG[ssl] = "--with-ssl --with-random=/dev/urandom,--without-ssl,openssl"
+PACKAGECONFIG[gnutls] = "--with-gnutls,--without-gnutls,gnutls"
+PACKAGECONFIG[zlib] = "--with-zlib=${STAGING_LIBDIR}/../,--without-zlib,zlib"
+PACKAGECONFIG[rtmpdump] = "--with-librtmp,--without-librtmp,rtmpdump"
+PACKAGECONFIG[libssh2] = "--with-libssh2,--without-libssh2,libssh2"
+PACKAGECONFIG[smb] = "--enable-smb,--disable-smb,"
+
+EXTRA_OECONF = "--without-libidn \
+                --enable-crypto-auth \
+                --disable-ldap \
+                --disable-ldaps \
+                --with-ca-bundle=${sysconfdir}/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt \
+"
+# see https://lists.yoctoproject.org/pipermail/poky/2013-December/009435.html
+# We should ideally drop ac_cv_sizeof_off_t from site files but until then
+EXTRA_OECONF += "${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'largefile', 'ac_cv_sizeof_off_t=8', '', d)}"
+
+do_install_append() {
+	oe_multilib_header curl/curlbuild.h
+}
+
+PACKAGES =+ "lib${BPN}"
+
+FILES_lib${BPN} = "${libdir}/lib*.so.*"
+RRECOMMENDS_lib${BPN} += "ca-certificates"
+
+BBCLASSEXTEND = "native nativesdk"