diff --git a/gtk2_ardour/wscript b/gtk2_ardour/wscript
index c97a6fcc01..6083628511 100644
--- a/gtk2_ardour/wscript
+++ b/gtk2_ardour/wscript
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ def build(bld):
 	else:
 		obj.target = 'ardour-3.0'
 	obj.install_path = os.path.join(bld.env['LIBDIR'], 'ardour3')
-	obj.uselib       = 'UUID FLAC GLIBMM GTHREAD GTK GNOMECANVAS OGG ALSA'
+	obj.uselib       = 'UUID FLAC GLIBMM GTHREAD GTK GNOMECANVAS OGG ALSA CURL DL'
 	obj.uselib       += ' GTKMM GNOMECANVASMM OSX GTKOSX COREAUDIO'
 	obj.uselib_local = '''libpbd libmidipp libtaglib libardour libardour_cp
 	                      libgtkmm2ext libtaglib'''
diff --git a/wscript b/wscript
index b27cb9e493..ca584987c1 100644
--- a/wscript
+++ b/wscript
@@ -498,6 +498,9 @@ def configure(conf):
 	# Fix utterly braindead FLAC include path to not smash assert.h
 	conf.env['CPPPATH_FLAC'] = []
 
+	conf.check_cc(function_name='dlopen', header_name='dlfcn.h', linkflags='-ldl', uselib_store='DL')
+	conf.check_cc(function_name='curl_global_init', header_name='curl/curl.h', linkflags='-lcurl', uselib_store='CURL')
+
 	# Tell everyone that this is a waf build
 
 	conf.env.append_value('CCFLAGS', '-DWAF_BUILD')