diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index fffb197..2bdc046 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         arch: [x86, x64]
 
+    defaults:
+      run:
+        shell: cmd
+
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
@@ -30,10 +34,13 @@ jobs:
           # install MSYS packages
           install: make autoconf automake libtool pkg-config
 
-      - name: Delete MinGW gmake
-        # delete /c/Strawberry/c/bin/gmake built for MinGW that is found on runners, because we must use make built for MSYS
-        run: if GMAKE_PATH=`which gmake`; then rm -f "$GMAKE_PATH"; fi
-        shell: msys2 {0}
+      - name: Remove Perl Strawberry installation
+        # C:\Strawberry contains various MinGW libraries and binaries like pkg-config
+        # that can get picked up by configure/CMake and don't necessarily behave
+        # correctly when not using a MinGW environment, and more specifically we cannot
+        # use MinGW gmake but must use MSYS make for correctly handling of Windows paths,
+        # so we delete everything that could mess up our builds
+        run: rmdir /S /Q C:\Strawberry
 
       - name: Install Windows packages
         run: choco install ninja
@@ -49,7 +56,6 @@ jobs:
           :: use msys2.cmd from setup-msys2 as Bash shell, as it doesn't have msys2_shell.cmd used normally by build.bat
           set "BASH=msys2 -c"
           build.bat
-        shell: cmd
 
       - name: Package release
         run: |
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c6e9bc3..e977c3b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ This project comprises a collection of scripts to build a modern GNUstep toolcha
 
 ## Libraries
 
-The toolchain currently consists of the following libraries:
+The toolchain consists of the following libraries:
 
 - [GNUstep Base Library](https://github.com/gnustep/libs-base) (Foundation)
 - [GNUstep CoreBase Library](https://github.com/gnustep/libs-corebase) (CoreFoundation)
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ The toolchain currently consists of the following libraries:
 - [libiconv](https://github.com/kiyolee/libiconv-win-build)
 - [libxml2](https://github.com/GNOME/libxml2)
 - [libxslt](https://github.com/GNOME/libxslt)
+- [libcurl](https://github.com/curl/curl)
 - [ICU](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/intl/international-components-for-unicode--icu-) (using system-provided DLL on Windows 10 version 1903 or later)
 
 
diff --git a/patches/libdispatch-fix-socket-closed.patch b/patches/libdispatch-fix-socket-closed.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..df7b10b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/patches/libdispatch-fix-socket-closed.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+https://github.com/apple/swift-corelibs-libdispatch/pull/772
+---
+diff --git a/src/event/event_windows.c b/src/event/event_windows.c
+index 94674a3..148c9de 100644
+--- a/src/event/event_windows.c
++++ b/src/event/event_windows.c
+@@ -219,7 +219,11 @@ _dispatch_muxnote_disarm_events(dispatch_muxnote_t dmn,
+ 			iResult = WSAEventSelect((SOCKET)dmn->dmn_ident, NULL, 0);
+ 		}
+ 		if (iResult != 0) {
+-			DISPATCH_INTERNAL_CRASH(WSAGetLastError(), "WSAEventSelect");
++			// ignore error if socket was already closed
++			int err = WSAGetLastError();
++			if (err != WSAENOTSOCK) {
++				DISPATCH_INTERNAL_CRASH(err, "WSAEventSelect");
++			}
+ 		}
+ 		dmn->dmn_network_events = lNetworkEvents;
+ 		if (!lNetworkEvents && dmn->dmn_threadpool_wait) {
diff --git a/phases/19-libcurl.bat b/phases/19-libcurl.bat
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..368dd1d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/phases/19-libcurl.bat
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+@echo off
+setlocal
+
+set PROJECT=libcurl
+set GITHUB_REPO=curl/curl
+
+:: get the latest release tag from GitHub
+cd %~dp0
+for /f "usebackq delims=" %%i in (`call %BASH% '../scripts/get-latest-github-release-tag.sh %GITHUB_REPO% curl-'`) do (
+  set TAG=%%i
+)
+
+:: load environment and prepare project
+call "%~dp0\..\scripts\common.bat" prepare_project || exit /b 1
+
+cd "%SRCROOT%\%PROJECT%" || exit \b 1
+
+:: generate build config
+call "buildconf.bat" || exit \b 1
+
+set BUILD_DIR="%SRCROOT%\%PROJECT%\build-%ARCH%-%BUILD_TYPE%"
+if exist "%BUILD_DIR%" (rmdir /S /Q "%BUILD_DIR%" || exit /b 1)
+mkdir "%BUILD_DIR%" || exit /b 1
+cd "%BUILD_DIR%" || exit /b 1
+
+echo.
+echo ### Running cmake
+cmake .. %CMAKE_OPTIONS% ^
+  -D BUILD_SHARED_LIBS=YES ^
+  -D CURL_USE_SCHANNEL=YES ^
+  -D BUILD_CURL_EXE=NO ^
+  || exit /b 1
+
+echo.
+echo ### Building
+ninja || exit /b 1
+
+echo.
+echo ### Installing
+ninja install || exit /b 1
+
+:: install PDB file
+xcopy /Y /F lib\libcurl*.pdb "%INSTALL_PREFIX%\bin\" || exit /b 1
+
+:: rename libcurl-d_imp.lib to curl.lib to allow linking using -lcurl
+move /y "%INSTALL_PREFIX%\lib\libcurl*.lib" "%INSTALL_PREFIX%\lib\curl.lib" || exit /b 1
diff --git a/scripts/common.bat b/scripts/common.bat
index d5102d4..2166dd8 100644
--- a/scripts/common.bat
+++ b/scripts/common.bat
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ exit /b %errorlevel%
     echo.
     :: check out tag/branch if any
     if not "%TAG%" == "" (
-      echo ### Checking out %TAG%
+      echo ### Checking out "%TAG%"
       git fetch --tags || exit /b 1
       git checkout -q %TAG% || exit /b 1
     )