diff --git a/Documentation/git-imap-send.txt b/Documentation/git-imap-send.txt
index 875d283..abce2a6 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-imap-send.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-imap-send.txt
@@ -76,7 +76,8 @@ imap.preformattedHTML::
 
 imap.authMethod::
 	Specify authenticate method for authentication with IMAP server.
-	Current supported method is 'CRAM-MD5' only.
+	If you compiled git with the NO_CURL option or if your curl version is
+	< 7.35.0, the only supported method is 'CRAM-MD5'.
 
 Examples
 ~~~~~~~~
diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 6ec7a24..e2770a0 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -108,18 +108,21 @@ Issues of note:
 	  so you might need to install additional packages other than Perl
 	  itself, e.g. Time::HiRes.
 
-	- "openssl" library is used by git-imap-send to use IMAP over SSL.
-	  If you don't need it, use NO_OPENSSL.
+	- "openssl" library is used by git-imap-send to use IMAP over SSL,
+	  unless you're using curl >= 7.35.0, in which case that will be
+	  used. If you don't need git-imap-send, you can use NO_OPENSSL.
 
 	  By default, git uses OpenSSL for SHA1 but it will use its own
 	  library (inspired by Mozilla's) with either NO_OPENSSL or
 	  BLK_SHA1.  Also included is a version optimized for PowerPC
 	  (PPC_SHA1).
 
-	- "libcurl" library is used by git-http-fetch and git-fetch.  You
-	  might also want the "curl" executable for debugging purposes.
-	  If you do not use http:// or https:// repositories, you do not
-	  have to have them (use NO_CURL).
+	- "libcurl" library is used by git-http-fetch, git-fetch, and, if
+	  the curl version >= 7.35.0, for git-imap-send.  You might also
+	  want the "curl" executable for debugging purposes. If you do not
+	  use http:// or https:// repositories, and do not want to put
+	  patches into an IMAP mailbox, you do not have to have them
+	  (use NO_CURL).
 
 	- "expat" library; git-http-push uses it for remote lock
 	  management over DAV.  Similar to "curl" above, this is optional
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 2320de5..a5e89ec 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1120,6 +1120,9 @@ ifdef HAVE_ALLOCA_H
 	BASIC_CFLAGS += -DHAVE_ALLOCA_H
 endif
 
+IMAP_SEND_BUILDDEPS =
+IMAP_SEND_LDFLAGS = $(OPENSSL_LINK) $(OPENSSL_LIBSSL) $(LIB_4_CRYPTO)
+
 ifdef NO_CURL
 	BASIC_CFLAGS += -DNO_CURL
 	REMOTE_CURL_PRIMARY =
@@ -1154,6 +1157,15 @@ else
 			PROGRAM_OBJS += http-push.o
 		endif
 	endif
+	curl_check := $(shell (echo 072300; curl-config --vernum) 2>/dev/null | sort -r | sed -ne 2p)
+	ifeq "$(curl_check)" "072300"
+		USE_CURL_FOR_IMAP_SEND = YesPlease
+	endif
+	ifdef USE_CURL_FOR_IMAP_SEND
+		BASIC_CFLAGS += -DUSE_CURL_FOR_IMAP_SEND
+		IMAP_SEND_BUILDDEPS = http.o
+		IMAP_SEND_LDFLAGS = $(CURL_LIBCURL)
+	endif
 	ifndef NO_EXPAT
 		ifdef EXPATDIR
 			BASIC_CFLAGS += -I$(EXPATDIR)/include
@@ -2067,9 +2079,9 @@ endif
 git-%$X: %.o GIT-LDFLAGS $(GITLIBS)
 	$(QUIET_LINK)$(CC) $(ALL_CFLAGS) -o $@ $(ALL_LDFLAGS) $(filter %.o,$^) $(LIBS)
 
-git-imap-send$X: imap-send.o GIT-LDFLAGS $(GITLIBS)
+git-imap-send$X: imap-send.o $(IMAP_SEND_BUILDDEPS) GIT-LDFLAGS $(GITLIBS)
 	$(QUIET_LINK)$(CC) $(ALL_CFLAGS) -o $@ $(ALL_LDFLAGS) $(filter %.o,$^) \
-		$(LIBS) $(OPENSSL_LINK) $(OPENSSL_LIBSSL) $(LIB_4_CRYPTO)
+		$(LIBS) $(IMAP_SEND_LDFLAGS)
 
 git-http-fetch$X: http.o http-walker.o http-fetch.o GIT-LDFLAGS $(GITLIBS)
 	$(QUIET_LINK)$(CC) $(ALL_CFLAGS) -o $@ $(ALL_LDFLAGS) $(filter %.o,$^) \
diff --git a/git.spec.in b/git.spec.in
index d61d537..9535cc3 100644
--- a/git.spec.in
+++ b/git.spec.in
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ License: 	GPL
 Group: 		Development/Tools
 URL: 		http://kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/
 Source: 	http://kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
-BuildRequires:	zlib-devel >= 1.2, openssl-devel, curl-devel, expat-devel, gettext  %{!?_without_docs:, xmlto, asciidoc > 6.0.3}
+BuildRequires:	zlib-devel >= 1.2, openssl-devel, curl-devel >= 7.35.0, expat-devel, gettext  %{!?_without_docs:, xmlto, asciidoc > 6.0.3}
 BuildRoot:	%{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
 
 Requires:	perl-Git = %{version}-%{release}
@@ -214,6 +214,9 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 # No files for you!
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Aug 11 2014 Bernhard Reiter <ockham@raz.or.at>
+- Require version >= 7.35.0 of curl-devel for IMAP functions.
+
 * Sun Sep 18 2011 Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com>
 - Add gitweb manpages to 'gitweb' subpackage
 
diff --git a/imap-send.c b/imap-send.c
index fb01a9c..a45570d 100644
--- a/imap-send.c
+++ b/imap-send.c
@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@
  *  Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
  */
 
+#ifdef USE_CURL_FOR_IMAP_SEND
+#define NO_OPENSSL
+#endif
+
 #include "cache.h"
 #include "credential.h"
 #include "exec_cmd.h"
@@ -29,6 +33,9 @@
 #ifdef NO_OPENSSL
 typedef void *SSL;
 #endif
+#ifdef USE_CURL_FOR_IMAP_SEND
+#include "http.h"
+#endif
 
 static const char imap_send_usage[] = "git imap-send < <mbox>";
 
@@ -44,9 +51,7 @@ __attribute__((format (printf, 1, 2)))
 static void imap_info(const char *, ...);
 __attribute__((format (printf, 1, 2)))
 static void imap_warn(const char *, ...);
-
 static char *next_arg(char **);
-
 __attribute__((format (printf, 3, 4)))
 static int nfsnprintf(char *buf, int blen, const char *fmt, ...);
 
@@ -69,6 +74,7 @@ struct imap_server_conf {
 	char *tunnel;
 	char *host;
 	int port;
+	char *folder;
 	char *user;
 	char *pass;
 	int use_ssl;
@@ -82,6 +88,7 @@ static struct imap_server_conf server = {
 	NULL,	/* tunnel */
 	NULL,	/* host */
 	0,	/* port */
+	NULL,	/* folder */
 	NULL,	/* user */
 	NULL,	/* pass */
 	0,   	/* use_ssl */
@@ -1323,7 +1330,54 @@ static int split_msg(struct strbuf *all_msgs, struct strbuf *msg, int *ofs)
 	return 1;
 }
 
-static char *imap_folder;
+#ifdef USE_CURL_FOR_IMAP_SEND
+static CURL *setup_curl(struct imap_server_conf *srvc)
+{
+	CURL *curl;
+	struct strbuf path = STRBUF_INIT;
+	struct strbuf auth = STRBUF_INIT;
+
+	if (curl_global_init(CURL_GLOBAL_ALL) != CURLE_OK)
+		die("curl_global_init failed");
+
+	curl = curl_easy_init();
+
+	if (!curl)
+		die("curl_easy_init failed");
+
+	curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_USERNAME, server.user);
+	curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_PASSWORD, server.pass);
+
+	strbuf_addstr(&path, server.host);
+	if (!path.len || path.buf[path.len - 1] != '/')
+		strbuf_addch(&path, '/');
+	strbuf_addstr(&path, server.folder);
+
+	curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, path.buf);
+	curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_PORT, server.port);
+
+	if (server.auth_method) {
+		strbuf_addstr(&auth, "AUTH=");
+		strbuf_addstr(&auth, server.auth_method);
+		curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_LOGIN_OPTIONS, auth.buf);
+	}
+
+	if (server.use_ssl)
+		curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_USE_SSL, (long)CURLUSESSL_ALL);
+
+	curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, server.ssl_verify);
+	curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST, server.ssl_verify);
+
+	curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_READFUNCTION, fread_buffer);
+
+	curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_UPLOAD, 1L);
+
+	if (Verbose)
+		curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_VERBOSE, 1L);
+
+	return curl;
+}
+#endif
 
 static int git_imap_config(const char *key, const char *val, void *cb)
 {
@@ -1339,7 +1393,7 @@ static int git_imap_config(const char *key, const char *val, void *cb)
 		return config_error_nonbool(key);
 
 	if (!strcmp("folder", key)) {
-		imap_folder = xstrdup(val);
+		server.folder = xstrdup(val);
 	} else if (!strcmp("host", key)) {
 		if (starts_with(val, "imap:"))
 			val += 5;
@@ -1373,6 +1427,11 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 	int r;
 	int total, n = 0;
 	int nongit_ok;
+#ifdef USE_CURL_FOR_IMAP_SEND
+	struct buffer msgbuf = { STRBUF_INIT, 0 };
+	CURL *curl;
+	CURLcode res = CURLE_OK;
+#endif /* #ifndef USE_CURL_FOR_IMAP_SEND */
 
 	git_extract_argv0_path(argv[0]);
 
@@ -1387,7 +1446,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 	if (!server.port)
 		server.port = server.use_ssl ? 993 : 143;
 
-	if (!imap_folder) {
+	if (!server.folder) {
 		fprintf(stderr, "no imap store specified\n");
 		return 1;
 	}
@@ -1417,18 +1476,48 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 	}
 
 	/* write it to the imap server */
+
+#ifdef USE_CURL_FOR_IMAP_SEND
+	if (!server.tunnel) {
+		curl = setup_curl(&server);
+		curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_READDATA, &msgbuf);
+	} else {
+#endif
 	ctx = imap_open_store(&server);
 	if (!ctx) {
 		fprintf(stderr, "failed to open store\n");
 		return 1;
 	}
+	ctx->name = server.folder;
+#ifdef USE_CURL_FOR_IMAP_SEND
+	}
+#endif
 
 	fprintf(stderr, "sending %d message%s\n", total, (total != 1) ? "s" : "");
-	ctx->name = imap_folder;
 	while (1) {
 		unsigned percent = n * 100 / total;
 
 		fprintf(stderr, "%4u%% (%d/%d) done\r", percent, n, total);
+#ifdef USE_CURL_FOR_IMAP_SEND
+		if (!server.tunnel) {
+			int prev_len = msgbuf.buf.len;
+			if (!split_msg(&all_msgs, &msgbuf.buf, &ofs))
+				break;
+			if (server.use_html)
+				wrap_in_html(&msgbuf.buf);
+			lf_to_crlf(&msgbuf.buf);
+
+			curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_INFILESIZE_LARGE, (curl_off_t)(msgbuf.buf.len-prev_len));
+
+			res = curl_easy_perform(curl);
+
+			if(res != CURLE_OK) {
+				fprintf(stderr, "curl_easy_perform() failed: %s\n",
+						curl_easy_strerror(res));
+				break;
+			}
+		} else {
+#endif
 		if (!split_msg(&all_msgs, &msg, &ofs))
 			break;
 		if (server.use_html)
@@ -1436,11 +1525,19 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 		r = imap_store_msg(ctx, &msg);
 		if (r != DRV_OK)
 			break;
+#ifdef USE_CURL_FOR_IMAP_SEND
+		}
+#endif
 		n++;
 	}
 	fprintf(stderr, "\n");
 
+#ifdef USE_CURL_FOR_IMAP_SEND
+	curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
+	curl_global_cleanup();
+#else
 	imap_close_store(ctx);
+#endif
 
 	return 0;
 }