diff --git a/repos/libports/lib/mk/curl.inc b/repos/libports/lib/mk/curl.inc
index 65a310e69c..cc9aacc1b9 100644
--- a/repos/libports/lib/mk/curl.inc
+++ b/repos/libports/lib/mk/curl.inc
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ CC_OPT += -DHAVE_CONFIG_H
 
 LIBS += libc zlib libcrypto libssh libssl
 
-include $(REP_DIR)/lib/import/import-curl.mk
+include $(call select_from_repositories,lib/import/import-curl.mk)
 
 SHARED_LIB = yes
 
diff --git a/repos/libports/recipes/api/curl/content.mk b/repos/libports/recipes/api/curl/content.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..12669e35fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/repos/libports/recipes/api/curl/content.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+MIRROR_FROM_REP_DIR := lib/import/import-curl.mk \
+                       lib/symbols/curl
+
+content: $(MIRROR_FROM_REP_DIR)
+
+$(MIRROR_FROM_REP_DIR):
+	$(mirror_from_rep_dir)
+
+PORT_DIR := $(call port_dir,$(REP_DIR)/ports/curl)
+
+content: include
+
+include:
+	mkdir -p $@/curl
+	cp $(PORT_DIR)/include/curl/* $@/curl
+
+content: src/lib/curl
+
+src/lib/curl:
+	mkdir -p $@
+	for spec in 32bit 64bit; do \
+	  mkdir -p $@/spec/$$spec/curl; \
+	  cp $(REP_DIR)/$@/spec/$$spec/curl/curlbuild.h $@/spec/$$spec/curl/; \
+	done
+
+content: LICENSE
+
+LICENSE:
+	cp $(PORT_DIR)/src/lib/curl/COPYING $@
diff --git a/repos/libports/recipes/api/curl/hash b/repos/libports/recipes/api/curl/hash
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..77aa8cf0de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/repos/libports/recipes/api/curl/hash
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+2017-12-05-a 12d0b9e73fba04eac74fa35e3195fb8633c930de
diff --git a/repos/libports/recipes/src/curl/api b/repos/libports/recipes/src/curl/api
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..13368f8290
--- /dev/null
+++ b/repos/libports/recipes/src/curl/api
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+curl
diff --git a/repos/libports/recipes/src/curl/content.mk b/repos/libports/recipes/src/curl/content.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3ce2252925
--- /dev/null
+++ b/repos/libports/recipes/src/curl/content.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+content: src/lib/curl/target.mk lib/mk LICENSE
+
+PORT_DIR := $(call port_dir,$(REP_DIR)/ports/curl)
+
+src/lib/curl:
+	mkdir -p $@
+	cp -r $(REP_DIR)/$@/curl_config.h $@
+	cp -r $(PORT_DIR)/src/lib/curl/* $@
+
+src/lib/curl/target.mk: src/lib/curl
+	echo "LIBS += curl" > $@
+
+lib/mk:
+	mkdir -p $@
+	cp $(REP_DIR)/lib/mk/curl.inc $@
+	for spec in 32bit 64bit; do \
+	  mkdir -p $@/spec/$$spec; \
+	  cp $(REP_DIR)/$@/spec/$$spec/curl.mk $@/spec/$$spec/; \
+	done
+
+LICENSE:
+	cp $(PORT_DIR)/src/lib/curl/COPYING $@
diff --git a/repos/libports/recipes/src/curl/hash b/repos/libports/recipes/src/curl/hash
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e4cfbd2849
--- /dev/null
+++ b/repos/libports/recipes/src/curl/hash
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+2017-12-05-g 5b4752b50f8b582ef4767f17188637e0ff220939
diff --git a/repos/libports/recipes/src/curl/used_apis b/repos/libports/recipes/src/curl/used_apis
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..95cf9b8f98
--- /dev/null
+++ b/repos/libports/recipes/src/curl/used_apis
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+libc
+libcrypto
+zlib
+libssh
+libssl
+so