diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 272a26f3..c7b83fa8 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ if (ENABLE_DEV_PATHS)
     add_definitions(-DDEV_EXTRA_PATHS="${NATIVES_PATH_DIR}:${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/gamecontrollerdb")
 endif()
 
-option(USE_OWN_CURL "Builds CURL as an ExternalProject dependency" OFF)
+option(USE_OWN_CURL "Builds CURL as an ExternalProject dependency" ON)
 if (USE_OWN_CURL)
     include(ext/curl.cmake)
 endif()
@@ -149,4 +149,4 @@ install(DIRECTORY ${NATIVES_PATH_LIB_DIR} COMPONENT mcpelauncher-bin-libs DESTIN
 option(MSA_DAEMON_PATH "Additional paths in which the MSA daemon should be looked in. Relative to the application directory." )
 if (MSA_DAEMON_PATH)
     target_compile_definitions(mcpelauncher-client PRIVATE -DMSA_DAEMON_PATH="${MSA_DAEMON_PATH}")
-endif()
\ No newline at end of file
+endif()