--- configure.ac
+++ configure.ac
@@ -138,5 +138,7 @@
               [selftest=false])
 AM_CONDITIONAL(SELFTEST, test x$selftest = xtrue)
 
+AC_CHECK_HEADERS([curl/curl.h],	[CURL_HEADER=yes; break;])
+
 AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile])
 AC_OUTPUT

--- src/common/linux/http_upload.cc
+++ src/common/linux/http_upload.cc
@@ -31,7 +31,14 @@
 
 #include <assert.h>
 #include <dlfcn.h>
+
+#include "config.h"
+
+#ifdef HAVE_CURL_CURL_H
+#include <curl/curl.h>
+#else
 #include "third_party/curl/curl.h"
+#endif
 
 namespace {
 
--- src/common/linux/libcurl_wrapper.h
+++ src/common/linux/libcurl_wrapper.h
@@ -34,7 +34,14 @@
 #include <map>
 
 #include "common/using_std_string.h"
+
+#include "config.h"
+
+#ifdef HAVE_CURL_CURL_H
+#include <curl/curl.h>
+#else
 #include "third_party/curl/curl.h"
+#endif
 
 namespace google_breakpad {
 class LibcurlWrapper {