diff --git a/headers/private/package/FetchFileJob.h b/headers/private/package/FetchFileJob.h
index f43f8a23f2..fbaa656e80 100644
--- a/headers/private/package/FetchFileJob.h
+++ b/headers/private/package/FetchFileJob.h
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 /*
  * Copyright 2011, Oliver Tappe <zooey@hirschkaefer.de>
+ * Copyright 2013, Rene Gollent <rene@gollent.com>
  * Distributed under the terms of the MIT License.
  */
 #ifndef _PACKAGE__PRIVATE__FETCH_FILE_JOB_H_
@@ -7,6 +8,7 @@
 
 
 #include <Entry.h>
+#include <File.h>
 #include <String.h>
 
 #include <package/Job.h>
@@ -31,9 +33,19 @@ protected:
 	virtual	status_t			Execute();
 	virtual	void				Cleanup(status_t jobResult);
 
+private:
+	// libcurl callbacks
+	static	int 				_ProgressCallback(void *clientp,
+									double dltotal, double dlnow,
+									double ultotal,	double ulnow);
+
+	static	size_t				_WriteCallback(void *buffer, size_t size,
+									size_t nmemb, void *userp);
+
 private:
 			BString				fFileURL;
 			BEntry				fTargetEntry;
+			BFile				fTargetFile;
 };
 
 
diff --git a/src/build/libpackage/Jamfile b/src/build/libpackage/Jamfile
index bef49e4465..d92f41f0fa 100644
--- a/src/build/libpackage/Jamfile
+++ b/src/build/libpackage/Jamfile
@@ -137,8 +137,7 @@ BuildPlatformSharedLibrary libpackage_build.so
 	SolverRepository.cpp
 	SolverResult.cpp
 	:
-	libshared_build.a $(HOST_LIBBE) z $(HOST_LIBSTDC++)
+	libshared_build.a $(HOST_LIBBE) curl z $(HOST_LIBSTDC++)
 ;
 
-
 HaikuSubInclude solver ;
diff --git a/src/kits/package/FetchFileJob.cpp b/src/kits/package/FetchFileJob.cpp
index afbcc5c6cc..598f004c79 100644
--- a/src/kits/package/FetchFileJob.cpp
+++ b/src/kits/package/FetchFileJob.cpp
@@ -1,15 +1,17 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2011, Haiku, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
+ * Copyright 2011-2013, Haiku, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
  * Distributed under the terms of the MIT License.
  *
  * Authors:
  *		Oliver Tappe <zooey@hirschkaefer.de>
+ *		Rene Gollent <rene@gollent.com>
  */
 
 
 #include <package/FetchFileJob.h>
 
-#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <curl/curl.h>
 #include <sys/wait.h>
 
 #include <Path.h>
@@ -25,7 +27,8 @@ FetchFileJob::FetchFileJob(const BContext& context, const BString& title,
 	:
 	inherited(context, title),
 	fFileURL(fileURL),
-	fTargetEntry(targetEntry)
+	fTargetEntry(targetEntry),
+	fTargetFile(&targetEntry, B_CREATE_FILE | B_ERASE_FILE | B_WRITE_ONLY)
 {
 }
 
@@ -38,22 +41,76 @@ FetchFileJob::~FetchFileJob()
 status_t
 FetchFileJob::Execute()
 {
-	BPath targetPath;
-	status_t result = fTargetEntry.GetPath(&targetPath);
+	status_t result = fTargetFile.InitCheck();
 	if (result != B_OK)
 		return result;
 
-	// TODO: implement for real, maybe using the "service kit"-GSOC HTTP-stuff?
-	BString cmd = BString("curl -# -o ") << targetPath.Path() << " "
-		<< fFileURL.String();
+	CURL* handle = curl_easy_init();
 
-	int cmdResult = system(cmd.String());
-	if (WIFSIGNALED(cmdResult)
-		&& (WTERMSIG(cmdResult) == SIGINT || WTERMSIG(cmdResult) == SIGQUIT)) {
-		return B_CANCELED;
+	if (handle == NULL)
+		return B_NO_MEMORY;
+
+	result = curl_easy_setopt(handle, CURLOPT_NOPROGRESS, 0);
+
+	result = curl_easy_setopt(handle, CURLOPT_PROGRESSFUNCTION,
+		&_ProgressCallback);
+	if (result != CURLE_OK)
+		return B_BAD_VALUE;
+
+	result = curl_easy_setopt(handle, CURLOPT_PROGRESSDATA, this);
+	if (result != CURLE_OK)
+		return B_ERROR;
+
+	result = curl_easy_setopt(handle, CURLOPT_WRITEFUNCTION,
+		&_WriteCallback);
+	if (result != CURLE_OK)
+		return B_ERROR;
+
+	result = curl_easy_setopt(handle, CURLOPT_WRITEDATA, this);
+	if (result != CURLE_OK)
+		return B_ERROR;
+
+	result = curl_easy_setopt(handle, CURLOPT_PROGRESSFUNCTION,
+		&_ProgressCallback);
+	if (result != CURLE_OK)
+		return B_ERROR;
+
+	result = curl_easy_setopt(handle, CURLOPT_URL, fFileURL.String());
+	if (result != CURLE_OK)
+		return B_ERROR;
+
+	result = curl_easy_perform(handle);
+	curl_easy_cleanup(handle);
+	if (result != CURLE_OK) {
+		// TODO: map more curl error codes to ours for more
+		// precise error reporting
+		return B_ERROR;
 	}
 
-	return cmdResult == 0 ? B_OK : B_ERROR;
+/*	if (WIFSIGNALED(cmdResult)
+		&& (WTERMSIG(cmdResult) == SIGINT || WTERMSIG(cmdResult) == SIGQUIT)) {
+		return B_CANCELED;
+	} */
+
+	return B_OK;
+}
+
+
+int
+FetchFileJob::_ProgressCallback(void *clientp, double dltotal, double dlnow,
+	double ultotal,	double ulnow)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+
+
+size_t
+FetchFileJob::_WriteCallback(void *buffer, size_t size, size_t nmemb,
+	void *userp)
+{
+	FetchFileJob* job = reinterpret_cast<FetchFileJob*>(userp);
+	ssize_t dataWritten = job->fTargetFile.Write(buffer, size * nmemb);
+	return size_t(dataWritten);
 }
 
 
diff --git a/src/kits/package/Jamfile b/src/kits/package/Jamfile
index 80e2e10a14..a8acd9cf8f 100644
--- a/src/kits/package/Jamfile
+++ b/src/kits/package/Jamfile
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ HPKG_SOURCES =
 local architectureObject ;
 for architectureObject in [ MultiArchSubDirSetup ] {
 	on $(architectureObject) {
+		UseBuildFeatureHeaders curl ;
 		UseBuildFeatureHeaders zlib ;
 
 		SEARCH_SOURCE += [ FDirName $(HAIKU_TOP) src kits package hpkg ] ;
@@ -70,6 +71,8 @@ for architectureObject in [ MultiArchSubDirSetup ] {
 		SEARCH_SOURCE += [ FDirName $(HAIKU_TOP) src kits package manager ] ;
 		SEARCH_SOURCE += [ FDirName $(HAIKU_TOP) src kits package solver ] ;
 
+		Includes [ FGristFiles FetchFileJob.cpp ]
+			: [ BuildFeatureAttribute curl : headers ] ;
 		Includes [ FGristFiles $(HPKG_SOURCES) ]
 			: [ BuildFeatureAttribute zlib : headers ] ;
 
@@ -130,6 +133,7 @@ for architectureObject in [ MultiArchSubDirSetup ] {
 			:
 			[ MultiArchDefaultGristFiles libshared.a ]
 			be
+			[ BuildFeatureAttribute curl : library ]
 			[ BuildFeatureAttribute zlib : library ]
 			$(TARGET_LIBSTDC++)
 			;