diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index d8baeec063a7c456f77d4bdfa8c88718c283bed8..1492d63bc1749c66e66839c1d6a8034da247cede 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ set(CMAKE_MODULE_PATH
 
 set(VERSION_MAJOR 3)
 set(VERSION_MINOR 9)
-set(VERSION_PATCH 1)
+set(VERSION_PATCH 2)
 set(VERSION_STRING ${VERSION_MAJOR}.${VERSION_MINOR}.${VERSION_PATCH})
 
 # Generate include header with the version string
@@ -95,6 +95,18 @@ endif ()
 find_package(Threads)
 find_package(OpenSSL)
 
+
+# Include directories for our newer version of curl
+set(CURL_DIR /tmp/curl/bogusinstall)
+set(CURL_LIBRARIES ${CURL_DIR}/lib${LIB_SUFFIX}/ws2_32 ${CURL_DIR}/lib${LIB_SUFFIX}/iphlpapi ${CURL_DIR}/lib${LIB_SUFFIX}/libcurl)
+set(CURL_INCLUDE_DIR ${CURL_DIR}/include/)
+set(CURL_LIBRARY ${CURL_DIR}/lib${LIB_SUFFIX}/libcurl.a CACHE filepath "path to libcurl.a")
+find_file(Curl_local libcurl.a PATHS ${CURL_DIR}/lib${LIB_SUFFIX}/ )
+if (NOT Curl_local)
+  message("-- LibCurl not found in '${CURL_LIBRARY}'")
+endif()
+
+
 # Find Boost
 set(Boost_ADDITIONAL_VERSIONS
     "1.41" "1.41.0" "1.42" "1.42.0" "1.43" "1.43.0" "1.44" "1.44.0" "1.45" "1.45.0"
diff --git a/packaging/rpm/fts.spec b/packaging/rpm/fts.spec
index 2420f02742256e01235afad11f095cf3be4f090a..0876ccff61a42e29007147f6adbc41cf9b320751 100644
--- a/packaging/rpm/fts.spec
+++ b/packaging/rpm/fts.spec
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@
 %endif
 
 Name:       fts
-Version:    3.9.1
-Release:    2%{?dist}
+Version:    3.9.2
+Release:    1%{?dist}
 Summary:    File Transfer Service V3
 Group:      System Environment/Daemons
 License:    ASL 2.0
@@ -37,8 +37,9 @@ BuildRequires:  boost148-devel
 
 BuildRequires:  CGSI-gSOAP-devel
 BuildRequires:  cajun-jsonapi-devel
-
+BuildRequires:  wget
 BuildRequires:  cmake
+BuildRequires:  cmake3
 BuildRequires:  libdirq-devel
 BuildRequires:  doxygen
 %if 0%{?el5}
@@ -50,7 +51,6 @@ BuildRequires:  gfal2-devel >= 2.14.2
 BuildRequires:  glib2-devel
 BuildRequires:  globus-gsi-credential-devel
 BuildRequires:  gridsite-devel
-BuildRequires:  libcurl-devel
 BuildRequires:  openldap-devel
 BuildRequires:  protobuf-devel
 BuildRequires:  pugixml-devel
@@ -198,6 +198,8 @@ The File Transfer Service V3 mysql plug-in
 %setup -q
 
 %build
+#build curl
+./src/cli/buildcurl.sh
 # Make sure the version in the spec file and the version used
 # for building matches
 fts_cmake_ver=`sed -n 's/^set(VERSION_\(MAJOR\|MINOR\|PATCH\) \([0-9]\+\).*/\2/p' CMakeLists.txt | paste -sd '.'`
diff --git a/src/cli/CMakeLists.txt b/src/cli/CMakeLists.txt
index 852af3b14e981a8122c1f5bfcbaa74b2139ea891..1e8b7d212e031cc5ff60a427ff7ee8c686ae2dd6 100644
--- a/src/cli/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/cli/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -33,6 +33,10 @@ find_package(Boost COMPONENTS program_options unit_test_framework REQUIRED)
 # Require soap headers
 include_directories ("${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/src/ws-ifce/gsoap")
 
+add_definitions(-DCURL_STATICLIB)
+
+include_directories(${CURL_INCLUDE_DIR})
+
 # add a target to generate API documentation with Doxygen
 find_package(Doxygen)
 if(DOXYGEN_FOUND)
@@ -53,8 +57,8 @@ set (fts_cli_internal_libs
 set(fts_cli_libs
     ${fts_cli_internal_libs}
     gridsite
-    curl
-	globus_gsi_sysconfig
+    ${CURL_LIBRARY}
+    globus_gsi_sysconfig
     ${Boost_PROGRAM_OPTIONS_LIBRARY}
 )
 
diff --git a/src/cli/buildcurl.sh b/src/cli/buildcurl.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..fe50cb75cbae5fa542012d62acd8306c5ff31f55
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/cli/buildcurl.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+# This script assumes that:
+# - pwd is the top source directory
+
+
+mkdir -p  ./src/cli/external
+cd ./src/cli/external
+wget https://curl.haxx.se/download/curl-7.65.2.tar.gz
+tar zxvf curl-7.65.2.tar.gz
+mv curl-7.65.2 curl
+cd curl
+cmake3 . -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/tmp/curl/bogusinstall -DBUILD_CURL_EXE=false -DBUILD_TESTING=false -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=false  -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS=-fPIC -DCMAKE_C_FLAGS=-fPIC -DCURL_DISABLE_LDAP=ON
+make -j2 install
diff --git a/test/CMakeLists.txt b/test/CMakeLists.txt
index 73f115c63969ad0986cf9f0f815382ecc4a9cbf1..b95c027dc9f54f2c96faa974f9f3803d67483ca7 100644
--- a/test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -23,6 +23,6 @@ include_directories (${Boost_INCLUDE_DIRS})
 include_directories (${GLIB2_INCLUDE_DIRS})
 include_directories (${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/src)
 include_directories (${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/src)
-
+include_directories (${CURL_INCLUDE_DIR})
 # Tests
 add_subdirectory (unit)