diff --git a/Ports/curl/package.sh b/Ports/curl/package.sh
index 7bdc5381b5..ffc5ab90ee 100755
--- a/Ports/curl/package.sh
+++ b/Ports/curl/package.sh
@@ -10,3 +10,8 @@ depends=zlib
 auth_type="sig"
 auth_import_key="27EDEAF22F3ABCEB50DB9A125CC908FDB71E12C2"
 auth_opts="curl-${version}.tar.bz2.asc curl-${version}.tar.bz2"
+
+pre_configure() {
+    # serenity's getaddrinfo exists but is a stub
+    export curl_disallow_getaddrinfo=yes
+}