diff --git a/cmake/plugins.cmake b/cmake/plugins.cmake
index dac7de73..4e6e8f85 100644
--- a/cmake/plugins.cmake
+++ b/cmake/plugins.cmake
@@ -58,6 +58,10 @@ FOREACH(PLUGIN ${PLUGINS})
   MARK_AS_ADVANCED(${PLUGIN}_PLUGIN_TYPE)
 ENDFOREACH()
 
+IF(NOT REMOTEIO_PLUGIN_TYPE MATCHES "NO")
+  FIND_PACKAGE(CURL)
+ENDIF()
+
 # since some files contain multiple plugins, remove duplicates from source files 
 LIST(REMOVE_DUPLICATES LIBMARIADB_SOURCES)