diff --git a/src/kits/package/InitTerminateLibPackage.cpp b/src/kits/package/InitTerminateLibPackage.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e211bec71f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/kits/package/InitTerminateLibPackage.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2013, Haiku, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
+ * Distributed under the terms of the MIT License.
+ *
+ * Authors:
+ *		Rene Gollent <rene@gollent.com>
+ */
+
+#include <curl/curl.h>
+
+extern "C" void
+initialize_after()
+{
+	curl_global_init(CURL_GLOBAL_SSL);
+}
+
+
+extern "C" void
+terminate_after()
+{
+	curl_global_cleanup();
+}
diff --git a/src/kits/package/Jamfile b/src/kits/package/Jamfile
index a8acd9cf8f..96a47e274e 100644
--- a/src/kits/package/Jamfile
+++ b/src/kits/package/Jamfile
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ for architectureObject in [ MultiArchSubDirSetup ] {
 			DownloadFileRequest.cpp
 			DropRepositoryRequest.cpp
 			FetchFileJob.cpp
+			InitTerminateLibPackage.cpp
 			InstallationLocationInfo.cpp
 			Job.cpp
 			JobQueue.cpp