--- pycurl-7.19.0/src/pycurl.c.reinitialize-handle	2008-09-09 19:40:34.000000000 +0200
+++ pycurl-7.19.0/src/pycurl.c.reinitialize-handle	2011-01-06 14:34:21.071550381 +0100
@@ -747,64 +747,78 @@ util_curl_new(void)
     return self;
 }
 
-
-/* constructor - this is a module-level function returning a new instance */
-static CurlObject *
-do_curl_new(PyObject *dummy)
+/* Set default values to curl handle options, so curl cooperates with
+   python curl object. */
+static int
+util_curl_init_handle(CurlObject *self)
 {
-    CurlObject *self = NULL;
     int res;
     char *s = NULL;
 
-    UNUSED(dummy);
-
-    /* Allocate python curl object */
-    self = util_curl_new();
-    if (self == NULL)
-        return NULL;
-
-    /* Initialize curl handle */
-    self->handle = curl_easy_init();
-    if (self->handle == NULL)
-        goto error;
-
     /* Set curl error buffer and zero it */
     res = curl_easy_setopt(self->handle, CURLOPT_ERRORBUFFER, self->error);
     if (res != CURLE_OK)
-        goto error;
+        return -1;
     memset(self->error, 0, sizeof(self->error));
 
     /* Set backreference */
-    res = curl_easy_setopt(self->handle, CURLOPT_PRIVATE, (char *) self);
+    res = curl_easy_setopt(self->handle, CURLOPT_PRIVATE, (char*) self);
     if (res != CURLE_OK)
-        goto error;
+        return -1;
 
     /* Enable NOPROGRESS by default, i.e. no progress output */
     res = curl_easy_setopt(self->handle, CURLOPT_NOPROGRESS, (long)1);
     if (res != CURLE_OK)
-        goto error;
+        return -1;
 
     /* Disable VERBOSE by default, i.e. no verbose output */
     res = curl_easy_setopt(self->handle, CURLOPT_VERBOSE, (long)0);
     if (res != CURLE_OK)
-        goto error;
+        return -1;
 
     /* Set FTP_ACCOUNT to NULL by default */
     res = curl_easy_setopt(self->handle, CURLOPT_FTP_ACCOUNT, NULL);
     if (res != CURLE_OK)
-        goto error;
+        return -1;
 
     /* Set default USERAGENT */
     s = (char *) malloc(7 + strlen(LIBCURL_VERSION) + 1);
     if (s == NULL)
-        goto error;
+        return -1;
     strcpy(s, "PycURL/"); strcpy(s+7, LIBCURL_VERSION);
     res = curl_easy_setopt(self->handle, CURLOPT_USERAGENT, (char *) s);
     if (res != CURLE_OK) {
         free(s);
-        goto error;
+        return -1;
     }
-    self->options[ OPT_INDEX(CURLOPT_USERAGENT) ] = s; s = NULL;
+    self->options[ OPT_INDEX(CURLOPT_USERAGENT) ] = s;
+
+    return 0;
+}
+
+
+/* constructor - this is a module-level function returning a new instance */
+static CurlObject *
+do_curl_new(PyObject *dummy)
+{
+    CurlObject *self = NULL;
+
+    UNUSED(dummy);
+
+    /* Allocate python curl object */
+    self = util_curl_new();
+    if (self == NULL)
+        return NULL;
+
+    /* Initialize curl handle */
+    self->handle = curl_easy_init();
+    if (self->handle == NULL)
+        goto error;
+
+    /* Configure handle to work with python curl object,
+       and set better initial state for pycurl. */
+    if (util_curl_init_handle(self))
+        goto error;
 
     /* Success - return new object */
     return self;
@@ -1452,6 +1466,13 @@ do_curl_reset(CurlObject *self)
         }
     }
 
+    /* Reconfigure handle to work with python curl, as the settings
+     * are lost after curl_easy_reset().
+     *
+     * We cannot do anything useful if this fails, so don't check the
+     * return value. */
+    util_curl_init_handle(self);
+
     return Py_None;
 }