diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index cd0448198..22f1002e1 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -193,6 +193,7 @@ include $(PATH_INTERNAL_C)/parts/input/game_controller/build.mk
 include $(PATH_INTERNAL_C)/parts/video/font/ttf/build.mk
 include $(PATH_INTERNAL_C)/parts/video/image/build.mk
 include $(PATH_INTERNAL_C)/parts/gui/build.mk
+include $(PATH_INTERNAL_C)/parts/network/http/build.mk
 
 .PHONY: all clean
 
@@ -341,6 +342,14 @@ else
 	QBLIB_NAME := $(addsuffix 0,$(QBLIB_NAME))
 endif
 
+ifneq ($(filter y,$(DEP_HTTP)),)
+	EXE_LIBS += $(CURL_EXE_LIBS)
+	CXXFLAGS += $(CURL_CXXFLAGS)
+	CXXLIBS += $(CURL_CXXLIBS)
+
+	LICENSE_IN_USE += libcurl
+endif
+
 ifneq ($(OS),osx)
 	EXE_LIBS += $(QB_CORE_LIB)
 
diff --git a/docs/build-system.md b/docs/build-system.md
index 7fb8eb43e..a7539dea2 100644
--- a/docs/build-system.md
+++ b/docs/build-system.md
@@ -135,6 +135,7 @@ These flags controls whether certain dependencies are compiled in or not. All of
 | `DEP_CONSOLE` | On Windows, this gives the program console support (graphical support is still allowed) |
 | `DEP_CONSOLE_ONLY` | Same as `DEP_CONSOLE`, but also removes GLUT and graphics support. |
 | `DEP_AUDIO_MINIAUDIO` | Enables the miniaudio backend. Should not be used with the other `DEP_AUDIO` switches which enable the old backend. |
+| `DEP_HTTP` | Enables http support via libcurl. Should only be used if `DEP_SOCKETS` is on. |
 
 Versioning
 ----------
diff --git a/internal/c/libqb.cpp b/internal/c/libqb.cpp
index bf736ac01..e61f097e1 100644
--- a/internal/c/libqb.cpp
+++ b/internal/c/libqb.cpp
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 #include "audio.h"
 #include "image.h"
 #include "gui.h"
+#include "http.h"
 
 int32 disableEvents = 0;
 
diff --git a/internal/c/libqb/build.mk b/internal/c/libqb/build.mk
index d6cfc5115..3350de34c 100644
--- a/internal/c/libqb/build.mk
+++ b/internal/c/libqb/build.mk
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@ libqb-objs-y += $(PATH_LIBQB)/src/threading.o
 libqb-objs-y += $(PATH_LIBQB)/src/buffer.o
 libqb-objs-y += $(PATH_LIBQB)/src/filepath.o
 
+libqb-objs-$(DEP_HTTP) += $(PATH_LIBQB)/src/http.o
+libqb-objs-y$(DEP_HTTP) += $(PATH_LIBQB)/src/http-stub.o
+
 libqb-objs-y += $(PATH_LIBQB)/src/threading-$(PLATFORM).o
 
-CLEAN_LIST += $(libqb-objs-y)
+CLEAN_LIST += $(libqb-objs-y) $(libqb-objs-yy) $(libqb-objs-)
diff --git a/internal/c/libqb/include/http.h b/internal/c/libqb/include/http.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..39b598ca5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/c/libqb/include/http.h
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+#ifndef INCLUDE_LIBQB_HTTP_H
+#define INCLUDE_LIBQB_HTTP_H
+
+#include <stdint.h>
+
+// Initialize the HTTP system
+void libqb_http_init();
+void libqb_http_stop();
+
+// All of these functions return 0 on success, and a negative error code on failure.
+
+// Handle is provided and should be unique. Used to identify this connection
+int libqb_http_open(const char *url, int handle);
+int libqb_http_close(int handle);
+
+int libqb_http_connected(int handle);
+
+// Get length of bytes waiting to be read.
+//
+// Note that more bytes may come in after calling function, but you're guarenteed to at least have this many bytes
+int libqb_http_get_length(int handle, size_t *length);
+
+// Gets the value from the Content-Length HTTP header. If none was provided, returns an error
+int libqb_http_get_content_length(int handle, uint64_t *length);
+
+// Returns the "effective url" as reported by curl, it indicates the location
+// actually connected to after redirects and such.
+//
+// Returns NULL if it could not be resolved. Returned string is only valid for
+// the life of this handle.
+const char *libqb_http_get_url(int handle);
+
+// Reads up to length bytes into buf. Length is modified if less bytes than requested are returned
+int libqb_http_get(int handle, char *buf, size_t *length);
+
+// Returns an error if less than length bytes are availiable to read
+int libqb_http_get_fixed(int handle, char *buf, size_t length);
+
+#endif
diff --git a/internal/c/libqb/src/http-stub.cpp b/internal/c/libqb/src/http-stub.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e382ff75d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/c/libqb/src/http-stub.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+
+#include <string.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <stdint.h>
+
+#include "http.h"
+
+void libqb_http_init() {
+}
+
+void libqb_http_stop() {
+}
+
+int libqb_http_open(const char *url, int handle) {
+    return -1;
+}
+
+int libqb_http_close(int handle) {
+    return -1;
+}
+
+int libqb_http_connected(int handle) {
+    return -1;
+}
+
+int libqb_http_get_length(int handle, size_t *length) {
+    *length = 0;
+    return -1;
+}
+
+int libqb_http_get(int handle, char *buf, size_t *length) {
+    return -1;
+}
+
+int libqb_http_get_fixed(int id, char *buf, size_t length) {
+    return -1;
+}
+
+int libqb_http_get_content_length(int id, uint64_t *ptr) {
+    return -1;
+}
+
+const char *libqb_http_get_url(int handle) {
+    return NULL;
+}
diff --git a/internal/c/libqb/src/http.cpp b/internal/c/libqb/src/http.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..afe9183dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/c/libqb/src/http.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,495 @@
+
+#include <string.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <list>
+#include <queue>
+#include <unordered_map>
+#include <curl/curl.h>
+
+#include "mutex.h"
+#include "condvar.h"
+#include "thread.h"
+#include "completion.h"
+#include "buffer.h"
+#include "http.h"
+
+struct handle {
+    int id = 0;
+
+    CURL *con = NULL;
+
+    // Lock protects all the below members
+    struct libqb_mutex *io_lock;
+
+    struct libqb_buffer out;
+    int closed = 0;
+    int err = 0;
+
+    struct completion *response_started = NULL;
+
+    // Reports whether the below info is valid. It won't be if the response
+    // hasn't started yet.
+    bool has_info = false;
+
+    bool has_content_length = false;
+    uint64_t content_length = 0;
+    char *url = NULL;
+
+    handle() {
+        io_lock = libqb_mutex_new();
+        libqb_buffer_init(&out);
+    }
+
+    ~handle() {
+        libqb_mutex_free(io_lock);
+        libqb_buffer_clear(&out);
+
+        if (url)
+            free(url);
+    }
+};
+
+// Signals the curl thread that a new handle was added, it's CURL connection should be started.
+struct add_handle {
+    int handle;
+    int err;
+
+    struct completion added;
+};
+
+// Signals to the curl thread that a handle is finished and should be closed
+struct close_handle {
+    int handle;
+
+    struct completion closed;
+};
+
+struct curl_state {
+    CURLM *multi;
+
+    // Lock protects all the below members
+    struct libqb_mutex *lock;
+
+    struct std::unordered_map<int, struct handle *> handle_table;
+    std::queue<struct add_handle *> add_handle_queue;
+    std::queue<struct close_handle *> close_handle_queue;
+    int stop_curl;
+
+    curl_state() {
+        lock = libqb_mutex_new();
+    }
+};
+
+// Fills out all of the 'info' fields in the handle, sets the has_info flag,
+// and triggers the response_started completion if it exists.
+//
+// Handle should be locked when calling this function
+static void __fillout_curl_info(struct handle *handle) {
+    if (handle->has_info)
+        return;
+
+    handle->has_info = true;
+
+    curl_off_t cl;
+    CURLcode res = curl_easy_getinfo(handle->con, CURLINFO_CONTENT_LENGTH_DOWNLOAD_T, &cl);
+
+    if (res != CURLE_OK || cl == -1) {
+        handle->has_content_length = false;
+    } else {
+        handle->has_content_length = true;
+        handle->content_length = cl;
+    }
+
+    char *urlp = NULL;
+
+    res = curl_easy_getinfo(handle->con, CURLINFO_EFFECTIVE_URL, &urlp);
+
+    if (urlp)
+        handle->url = strdup(urlp);
+
+    // If someone is waiting for the info then we let them know
+    if (handle->response_started) {
+        completion_finish(handle->response_started);
+        handle->response_started = NULL;
+    }
+}
+
+// Processes the handle addition and deletion lists
+static void process_handles(struct curl_state *state) {
+    std::list<CURL *> connectionsToDrop;
+
+    {
+        libqb_mutex_guard guard(state->lock);
+
+        for (; !state->add_handle_queue.empty(); state->add_handle_queue.pop()) {
+            struct add_handle *add = state->add_handle_queue.front();
+
+            curl_multi_add_handle(state->multi, state->handle_table[add->handle]->con);
+
+            add->err = 0;
+            completion_finish(&add->added);
+        }
+
+        for (; !state->close_handle_queue.empty(); state->close_handle_queue.pop()) {
+            struct close_handle *close = state->close_handle_queue.front();
+            struct handle *handle = state->handle_table[close->handle];
+
+            // If this was already finished, then con will be NULL
+            if (handle->con)
+                connectionsToDrop.push_back(handle->con);
+
+            state->handle_table.erase(close->handle);
+
+            delete handle;
+
+            completion_finish(&close->closed);
+        }
+    }
+
+    for (CURL * const &con : connectionsToDrop) {
+        // Removing the connection can trigger the callbacks to get run. Due to
+        // that we have to call it without holding the lock, or we could
+        // deadlock.
+        curl_multi_remove_handle(state->multi, con);
+        curl_easy_cleanup(con);
+    }
+}
+
+static void handle_messages(struct curl_state *state) {
+    CURLMsg *msg;
+    int left;
+
+    while (msg = curl_multi_info_read(state->multi, &left), msg) {
+        if (msg->msg != CURLMSG_DONE)
+            continue;
+
+        CURL *e = msg->easy_handle;
+
+        struct handle *handle;
+        curl_easy_getinfo(e, CURLINFO_PRIVATE, &handle);
+
+        handle->con = NULL;
+
+        {
+            libqb_mutex_guard guard(handle->io_lock);
+
+            handle->closed = 1;
+
+            // In the event this connection had no data, we want to make sure
+            // to fill this out and trigger the completion if there is one.
+            __fillout_curl_info(handle);
+
+            switch (msg->data.result) {
+            case CURLE_OK:
+                break;
+
+            default:
+                handle->err = 1;
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+
+        curl_multi_remove_handle(state->multi, e);
+        curl_easy_cleanup(e);
+    }
+}
+
+#if CURL_AT_LEAST_VERSION(7, 68, 0)
+static void curl_state_poll(struct curl_state *state) {
+    // We use a one second timeout to avoid any accidental deadlocks if we
+    // don't wakeup the thread.
+    curl_multi_poll(state->multi, NULL, 0, 1000, NULL);
+}
+
+static void curl_state_wakeup(struct curl_state *state) {
+    curl_multi_wakeup(state->multi);
+}
+#else
+// This is a workaround for libcurl version lacking the curl_multi_poll() and
+// curl_multi_wakeup() functions.  Unfortunately this old version is on OS X,
+// so we need to support it
+//
+// We use curl_multi_wait() with a small timeout, and don't support wakeup (so
+// commands have to wait for the timeout to trigger).
+//
+// If numfds from curl_multi_wait() is zero, then we have to do the timeout
+// manually via usleep()
+static void curl_state_poll(struct curl_state *state) {
+    int numfds = 0;
+
+    curl_multi_wait(state->multi, NULL, 0, 50, &numfds);
+
+    if (!numfds)
+        usleep(50 * 1000);
+}
+
+static void curl_state_wakeup(struct curl_state *state) {
+    // NOP, curl_state_poll will timeout automatically
+}
+#endif
+
+static void libqb_curl_thread_handler(void *arg) {
+    struct curl_state *state = (struct curl_state *)arg;
+    int running_transfers = 0;
+
+    while (!state->stop_curl) {
+        curl_state_poll(state);
+
+        // Process handle additions and calls to close()
+        process_handles(state);
+
+        // Process requests, performs any read/write operations
+        curl_multi_perform(state->multi, &running_transfers);
+
+        // Handle any requests that finished
+        handle_messages(state);
+    }
+
+    // FIXME: This should do graceful closing for uploads, but because we only support
+    // downloads at the moment throwing the data away doesn't matter.
+}
+
+static struct curl_state curl_state;
+static struct libqb_thread *curl_thread;
+
+// This callback services the data recevied from the http connection.
+static size_t receive_http_block(void *ptr, size_t size, size_t nmemb, void *data) {
+    struct handle *handle = (struct handle *)data;
+    size_t length = size * nmemb;
+
+    libqb_mutex_guard guard(handle->io_lock);
+
+    libqb_buffer_write(&handle->out, (const char *)ptr, length);
+
+    // The first time this connection starts to recieve data we fill out the
+    // connection info.
+    __fillout_curl_info(handle);
+
+    return length;
+}
+
+static bool is_valid_http_id(int id)
+{
+    return curl_state.handle_table.find(id) != curl_state.handle_table.end();
+}
+
+int libqb_http_get_length(int id, size_t *length) {
+    if (!is_valid_http_id(id))
+        return -1;
+
+    struct handle *handle = curl_state.handle_table[id];
+
+    libqb_mutex_guard guard(handle->io_lock);
+
+    *length = libqb_buffer_length(&handle->out);
+
+    return 0;
+}
+
+// Waits for handle to have valid info, which is availiable after the
+// connection headers have been recieved.
+static void wait_for_info(struct handle *handle) {
+    struct completion comp;
+
+    {
+        libqb_mutex_guard guard(handle->io_lock);
+
+        if (handle->has_info)
+            return;
+
+        completion_init(&comp);
+        handle->response_started = &comp;
+    }
+
+    completion_wait(&comp);
+    completion_clear(&comp);
+}
+
+int libqb_http_get_content_length(int id, uint64_t *length) {
+    if (!is_valid_http_id(id))
+        return -1;
+
+    struct handle *handle = curl_state.handle_table[id];
+
+    wait_for_info(handle);
+
+    {
+        libqb_mutex_guard guard(handle->io_lock);
+
+        if (!handle->has_content_length)
+            return -1;
+
+        *length = handle->content_length;
+        return 0;
+    }
+}
+
+const char *libqb_http_get_url(int id) {
+    if (!is_valid_http_id(id))
+        return NULL;
+
+    struct handle *handle = curl_state.handle_table[id];
+
+    wait_for_info(handle);
+
+    {
+        libqb_mutex_guard guard(handle->io_lock);
+
+        return handle->url;
+    }
+}
+
+int libqb_http_get(int id, char *buf, size_t *length) {
+    if (!is_valid_http_id(id))
+        return -1;
+
+    struct handle *handle = curl_state.handle_table[id];
+
+    libqb_mutex_guard guard(handle->io_lock);
+
+    *length = libqb_buffer_read(&handle->out, buf, *length);
+
+    return 0;
+}
+
+int libqb_http_get_fixed(int id, char *buf, size_t length) {
+    if (!is_valid_http_id(id))
+        return -1;
+
+    struct handle *handle = curl_state.handle_table[id];
+
+    libqb_mutex_guard guard(handle->io_lock);
+
+    size_t total_length = libqb_buffer_length(&handle->out);
+
+    if (total_length < length)
+        return -1;
+
+    libqb_buffer_read(&handle->out, buf, length);
+
+    return 0;
+}
+
+int libqb_http_connected(int id) {
+    if (!is_valid_http_id(id))
+        return -1;
+
+    struct handle *handle = curl_state.handle_table[id];
+
+    libqb_mutex_guard guard(handle->io_lock);
+
+    return !handle->closed;
+}
+
+int libqb_http_open(const char *url, int id) {
+    struct handle *handle = new struct handle();
+
+    handle->id = id;
+
+    handle->con = curl_easy_init();
+    curl_easy_setopt(handle->con, CURLOPT_PRIVATE, handle);
+    curl_easy_setopt(handle->con, CURLOPT_URL, url);
+
+    curl_easy_setopt(handle->con, CURLOPT_WRITEFUNCTION, receive_http_block);
+    curl_easy_setopt(handle->con, CURLOPT_WRITEDATA, handle);
+
+    // Allow redirects to be followed
+    curl_easy_setopt(handle->con, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, 1);
+
+    // Only allow HTTP and HTTPS to be used
+    curl_easy_setopt(handle->con, CURLOPT_PROTOCOLS, CURLPROTO_HTTP | CURLPROTO_HTTPS);
+    curl_easy_setopt(handle->con, CURLOPT_REDIR_PROTOCOLS, CURLPROTO_HTTP | CURLPROTO_HTTPS);
+
+    struct add_handle add;
+    struct completion info_comp;
+
+    add.handle = id;
+    completion_init(&add.added);
+    completion_init(&info_comp);
+
+    handle->response_started = &info_comp;
+
+    {
+        libqb_mutex_guard guard(curl_state.lock);
+
+        curl_state.handle_table.insert(std::make_pair(id, handle));
+        curl_state.add_handle_queue.push(&add);
+    }
+
+    // Kick the curl thread so that it processes our new handle
+    curl_state_wakeup(&curl_state);
+
+    completion_wait(&add.added);
+    completion_clear(&add.added);
+
+    // Wait for the Server's response to begin
+    completion_wait(&info_comp);
+    completion_clear(&info_comp);
+
+    int errored = 0;
+
+    {
+        libqb_mutex_guard guard(handle->io_lock);
+
+        // If this is set, the connection bombed out with some kind of error
+        errored = handle->err;
+    }
+
+    if (errored) {
+        libqb_http_close(id);
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    return 0;
+}
+
+int libqb_http_close(int id) {
+    if (!is_valid_http_id(id))
+        return -1;
+
+    struct close_handle close;
+
+    close.handle = id;
+    completion_init(&close.closed);
+
+    {
+        libqb_mutex_guard guard(curl_state.lock);
+
+        curl_state.close_handle_queue.push(&close);
+    }
+
+    // Kick the curl thread so that it processes our close request
+    curl_state_wakeup(&curl_state);
+
+    completion_wait(&close.closed);
+    completion_clear(&close.closed);
+
+    return 0;
+}
+
+void libqb_http_init() {
+    curl_global_init(CURL_GLOBAL_DEFAULT);
+
+    curl_state.multi = curl_multi_init();
+
+    curl_thread = libqb_thread_new();
+    libqb_thread_start(curl_thread, libqb_curl_thread_handler, &curl_state);
+}
+
+void libqb_http_stop() {
+    {
+        libqb_mutex_guard guard(curl_state.lock);
+
+        // Tell CURL to finish up requests
+        curl_state.stop_curl = 1;
+    }
+
+    curl_state_wakeup(&curl_state);
+
+    // Wait for curl to finish
+    libqb_thread_join(curl_thread);
+
+    libqb_thread_free(curl_thread);
+}
diff --git a/internal/c/parts/network/http/build.mk b/internal/c/parts/network/http/build.mk
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cccb70a13
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/c/parts/network/http/build.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+
+ifeq ($(OS),win)
+# This version is only used for Windows, Linux and OSX use the library provided by their system
+
+CURL_LIB := $(PATH_INTERNAL_C)/parts/network/http/libcurl.a
+
+CURL_MAKE_FLAGS := CFG=-schannel
+CURL_MAKE_FLAGS += "CURL_CFLAG_EXTRAS=-DCURL_STATICLIB -DHTTP_ONLY"
+CURL_MAKE_FLAGS += CC=../../../../c_compiler/bin/gcc.exe
+CURL_MAKE_FLAGS += AR=../../../../c_compiler/bin/ar.exe
+CURL_MAKE_FLAGS += RANLIB=../../../../c_compiler/bin/ranlib.exe
+CURL_MAKE_FLAGS += STRIP=../../../../c_compiler/bin/strip.exe
+CURL_MAKE_FLAGS += libcurl_a_LIBRARY="../libcurl.a"
+CURL_MAKE_FLAGS += ARCH=w$(BITS)
+
+$(CURL_LIB):
+	$(MAKE) -C $(PATH_INTERNAL_C)/parts/network/http/curl -f ./Makefile.m32 $(CURL_MAKE_FLAGS) "../libcurl.a"
+
+.PHONY: clean-curl-lib
+clean-curl-lib:
+	$(MAKE) -C $(PATH_INTERNAL_C)/parts/network/http/curl -f ./Makefile.m32 $(CURL_MAKE_FLAGS) clean
+
+CLEAN_DEP_LIST += clean-curl-lib
+CLEAN_LIST += $(CURL_LIB)
+
+CURL_EXE_LIBS := $(CURL_LIB)
+
+CURL_CXXFLAGS += -DCURL_STATICLIB
+CURL_CXXFLAGS += -I$(PATH_INTERNAL_C)/parts/network/http/include
+
+CURL_CXXLIBS += -lcrypt32
+
+else
+
+CURL_EXE_LIBS :=
+CURL_CXXLIBS :=
+CURL_CXXLIBS += -lcurl
+endif
diff --git a/tests/build.mk b/tests/build.mk
index b697158d2..f69032c64 100644
--- a/tests/build.mk
+++ b/tests/build.mk
@@ -11,11 +11,25 @@ TEST_DEF_OBJS := tests/c/test.o
 
 # Defines the list of test sets
 TESTS += buffer
+TESTS += http
 
 # Describe how to build each test
 buffer.src-y := ./tests/c/buffer.cpp \
 				$(PATH_LIBQB)/src/buffer.cpp
 
+http.src-y := ./tests/c/http.cpp \
+				$(PATH_LIBQB)/src/http.cpp \
+				$(PATH_LIBQB)/src/buffer.cpp \
+				$(PATH_LIBQB)/src/threading-$(PLATFORM).cpp \
+				$(PATH_LIBQB)/src/threading.cpp
+
+http.cflags-y := $(CURL_CXXFLAGS)
+http.libs-y := $(CURL_CXXLIBS)
+http.exe-libs-y := $(CURL_EXE_LIBS)
+
+http.libs-$(lnx) += -lpthread
+http.libs-$(win) += -lws2_32
+
 
 TEST_OBJS := $(TEST_DEF_OBJS)
 TEST_OBJS += $(foreach test,$(TESTS),$(filter ./tests/c/%,$($(test)).objs-y))
diff --git a/tests/c/http.cpp b/tests/c/http.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..346c211ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/c/http.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,116 @@
+
+#include <stddef.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+#include "test.h"
+#include "http.h"
+
+const char *example_result =
+"<!doctype html>\n"
+"<html>\n"
+"<head>\n"
+"    <title>Example Domain</title>\n"
+"\n"
+"    <meta charset=\"utf-8\" />\n"
+"    <meta http-equiv=\"Content-type\" content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\" />\n"
+"    <meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width, initial-scale=1\" />\n"
+"    <style type=\"text/css\">\n"
+"    body {\n"
+"        background-color: #f0f0f2;\n"
+"        margin: 0;\n"
+"        padding: 0;\n"
+"        font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, \"Segoe UI\", \"Open Sans\", \"Helvetica Neue\", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;\n"
+"        \n"
+"    }\n"
+"    div {\n"
+"        width: 600px;\n"
+"        margin: 5em auto;\n"
+"        padding: 2em;\n"
+"        background-color: #fdfdff;\n"
+"        border-radius: 0.5em;\n"
+"        box-shadow: 2px 3px 7px 2px rgba(0,0,0,0.02);\n"
+"    }\n"
+"    a:link, a:visited {\n"
+"        color: #38488f;\n"
+"        text-decoration: none;\n"
+"    }\n"
+"    @media (max-width: 700px) {\n"
+"        div {\n"
+"            margin: 0 auto;\n"
+"            width: auto;\n"
+"        }\n"
+"    }\n"
+"    </style>    \n"
+"</head>\n"
+"\n"
+"<body>\n"
+"<div>\n"
+"    <h1>Example Domain</h1>\n"
+"    <p>This domain is for use in illustrative examples in documents. You may use this\n"
+"    domain in literature without prior coordination or asking for permission.</p>\n"
+"    <p><a href=\"https://www.iana.org/domains/example\">More information...</a></p>\n"
+"</div>\n"
+"</body>\n"
+"</html>\n"
+;
+
+void test_http() {
+    size_t expected_result_len = strlen(example_result);
+    const char *urls[] = {
+        "http://www.example.com",
+        "https://www.example.com",
+        "HTTPS://WWW.EXAMPLE.COM",
+        "httP://wwW.example.com",
+        "www.example.com",
+        "http://www.example.com:80",
+        "https://www.example.com:443",
+        NULL
+    };
+
+    for (const char **url = urls; *url; url++) {
+        int c = libqb_http_open(*url, 1);
+
+        while (libqb_http_connected(1))
+            usleep(10);
+
+        size_t buflen = 0;
+        int err = libqb_http_get_length(1, &buflen);
+
+        test_assert_ints_with_name(*url, 0, err);
+        test_assert_ints_with_name(*url, expected_result_len, buflen);
+
+        char buf[4096];
+
+        buflen = sizeof(buf);
+        err = libqb_http_get(1, buf, &buflen);
+        test_assert_ints_with_name(*url, 0, err);
+        test_assert_ints_with_name(*url, expected_result_len, buflen);
+        test_assert_buffers_with_name(*url, example_result, buf, expected_result_len);
+
+        // Verify Content-Length header is read correctly
+        uint64_t len;
+        err = libqb_http_get_content_length(1, &len);
+        test_assert_ints_with_name(*url, 0, err);
+
+        test_assert_ints_with_name(*url, expected_result_len, len);
+
+        err = libqb_http_close(1);
+
+        test_assert_ints_with_name(*url, 0, err);
+    }
+}
+
+int main() {
+    libqb_http_init();
+
+    int ret;
+    struct unit_test tests[] = {
+        { test_http, "http" },
+    };
+
+    ret = run_tests("http", tests, sizeof(tests) / sizeof(*tests));
+
+    return ret;
+}
diff --git a/tests/run_c_tests.sh b/tests/run_c_tests.sh
index ba7b9584f..a32d6d6e2 100755
--- a/tests/run_c_tests.sh
+++ b/tests/run_c_tests.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 result=0
 
-for test in buffer
+for test in buffer http
 do
     ./tests/exes/cpp/${test}_test || result=1
 done