diff --git a/contrib/fwupd.spec.in b/contrib/fwupd.spec.in
index f7a037a98..a40f17ee0 100644
--- a/contrib/fwupd.spec.in
+++ b/contrib/fwupd.spec.in
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 %global glib2_version 2.45.8
 %global libxmlb_version 0.1.3
 %global libgusb_version 0.3.5
-%global libcurl_version 7.62.0
+%global libcurl_version 7.61.0
 %global libjcat_version 0.1.0
 %global systemd_version 231
 %global json_glib_version 1.1.1
diff --git a/libfwupd/fwupd-client.c b/libfwupd/fwupd-client.c
index 0bf1dc4d3..6d8205fa9 100644
--- a/libfwupd/fwupd-client.c
+++ b/libfwupd/fwupd-client.c
@@ -97,7 +97,9 @@ static guint signals [SIGNAL_LAST] = { 0 };
 G_DEFINE_TYPE_WITH_PRIVATE (FwupdClient, fwupd_client, G_TYPE_OBJECT)
 #define GET_PRIVATE(o) (fwupd_client_get_instance_private (o))
 
+#ifdef HAVE_LIBCURL_7_62_0
 G_DEFINE_AUTOPTR_CLEANUP_FUNC(CURLU, curl_url_cleanup)
+#endif
 
 static void
 fwupd_client_curl_helper_free (FwupdCurlHelper *helper)
@@ -2335,8 +2337,13 @@ fwupd_client_install_release_download_cb (GObject *source, GAsyncResult *res, gp
 static gboolean
 fwupd_client_is_url (const gchar *perhaps_url)
 {
+#ifdef HAVE_LIBCURL_7_62_0
 	g_autoptr(CURLU) h = curl_url ();
 	return curl_url_set (h, CURLUPART_URL, perhaps_url, 0) == CURLUE_OK;
+#else
+	return g_str_has_prefix (perhaps_url, "http://") ||
+		g_str_has_prefix (perhaps_url, "https://");
+#endif
 }
 
 static void
diff --git a/libfwupd/fwupd-remote.c b/libfwupd/fwupd-remote.c
index 3819d53c3..0cb500d87 100644
--- a/libfwupd/fwupd-remote.c
+++ b/libfwupd/fwupd-remote.c
@@ -67,9 +67,11 @@ enum {
 G_DEFINE_TYPE_WITH_PRIVATE (FwupdRemote, fwupd_remote, G_TYPE_OBJECT)
 #define GET_PRIVATE(o) (fwupd_remote_get_instance_private (o))
 
+#ifdef HAVE_LIBCURL_7_62_0
 typedef gchar curlptr;
 G_DEFINE_AUTOPTR_CLEANUP_FUNC(curlptr, curl_free)
 G_DEFINE_AUTOPTR_CLEANUP_FUNC(CURLU, curl_url_cleanup)
+#endif
 
 static void
 fwupd_remote_set_username (FwupdRemote *self, const gchar *username)
@@ -175,16 +177,14 @@ fwupd_remote_get_suffix_for_keyring_kind (FwupdKeyringKind keyring_kind)
 	return NULL;
 }
 
-static CURLU *
+static gchar *
 fwupd_remote_build_uri (FwupdRemote *self, const gchar *url, GError **error)
 {
 	FwupdRemotePrivate *priv = GET_PRIVATE (self);
+#ifdef HAVE_LIBCURL_7_62_0
+	g_autoptr(curlptr) tmp_uri = NULL;
 	g_autoptr(CURLU) uri = curl_url ();
 
-	g_return_val_if_fail (FWUPD_IS_REMOTE (self), NULL);
-	g_return_val_if_fail (url != NULL, NULL);
-	g_return_val_if_fail (error == NULL || *error == NULL, NULL);
-
 	/* create URI, substituting if required */
 	if (priv->firmware_base_uri != NULL) {
 		g_autofree gchar *basename = NULL;
@@ -237,7 +237,19 @@ fwupd_remote_build_uri (FwupdRemote *self, const gchar *url, GError **error)
 		curl_url_set (uri, CURLUPART_USER, priv->username, 0);
 	if (priv->password != NULL)
 		curl_url_set (uri, CURLUPART_PASSWORD, priv->password, 0);
-	return g_steal_pointer (&uri);
+	curl_url_get (uri, CURLUPART_URL, &tmp_uri, 0);
+	return g_strdup (tmp_uri);
+#else
+	if (priv->firmware_base_uri != NULL) {
+		g_autofree gchar *basename = g_path_get_basename (url);
+		return g_build_filename (priv->firmware_base_uri, basename, NULL);
+	}
+	if (g_strstr_len (url, -1, "/") == NULL) {
+		g_autofree gchar *basename = g_path_get_dirname (priv->metadata_uri);
+		return g_build_filename (basename, url, NULL);
+	}
+	return g_strdup (url);
+#endif
 }
 
 /* note, this has to be set before username and password */
@@ -885,12 +897,10 @@ fwupd_remote_get_checksum (FwupdRemote *self)
 gchar *
 fwupd_remote_build_firmware_uri (FwupdRemote *self, const gchar *url, GError **error)
 {
-	g_autoptr(curlptr) tmp = NULL;
-	g_autoptr(CURLU) uri = fwupd_remote_build_uri (self, url, error);
-	if (uri == NULL)
-		return NULL;
-	curl_url_get (uri, CURLUPART_URL, &tmp, 0);
-	return g_strdup (tmp);
+	g_return_val_if_fail (FWUPD_IS_REMOTE (self), NULL);
+	g_return_val_if_fail (url != NULL, NULL);
+	g_return_val_if_fail (error == NULL || *error == NULL, NULL);
+	return fwupd_remote_build_uri (self, url, error);
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index dfbebc53d..95c30d511 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -208,7 +208,10 @@ endif
 libjcat = dependency('jcat', version : '>= 0.1.0', fallback : ['libjcat', 'libjcat_dep'])
 libjsonglib = dependency('json-glib-1.0', version : '>= 1.1.1')
 valgrind = dependency('valgrind', required: false)
-libcurl = dependency('libcurl', version : '>= 7.62.0')
+libcurl = dependency('libcurl', version : '>= 7.61.0')
+if libcurl.version().version_compare('>= 7.62.0')
+  conf.set('HAVE_LIBCURL_7_62_0', '1')
+endif
 if build_daemon
   if get_option('polkit')
     polkit = dependency('polkit-gobject-1', version : '>= 0.103')
diff --git a/plugins/redfish/fu-redfish-client.c b/plugins/redfish/fu-redfish-client.c
index 6d770932a..6b7a436ba 100644
--- a/plugins/redfish/fu-redfish-client.c
+++ b/plugins/redfish/fu-redfish-client.c
@@ -34,9 +34,11 @@ struct _FuRedfishClient
 
 G_DEFINE_TYPE (FuRedfishClient, fu_redfish_client, G_TYPE_OBJECT)
 
+#ifdef HAVE_LIBCURL_7_62_0
 typedef gchar curlptr;
 G_DEFINE_AUTOPTR_CLEANUP_FUNC(curlptr, curl_free)
 G_DEFINE_AUTOPTR_CLEANUP_FUNC(CURLU, curl_url_cleanup)
+#endif
 
 static size_t
 fu_redfish_client_fetch_data_cb (char *ptr, size_t size, size_t nmemb, void *userdata)
@@ -52,10 +54,15 @@ fu_redfish_client_fetch_data (FuRedfishClient *self, const gchar *uri_path, GErr
 {
 	CURLcode res;
 	g_autofree gchar *port = g_strdup_printf ("%u", self->port);
-	g_autoptr(CURLU) uri = NULL;
 	g_autoptr(GByteArray) buf = g_byte_array_new ();
+#ifdef HAVE_LIBCURL_7_62_0
+	g_autoptr(CURLU) uri = NULL;
+#else
+	g_autofree gchar *uri = NULL;
+#endif
 
 	/* create URI */
+#ifdef HAVE_LIBCURL_7_62_0
 	uri = curl_url ();
 	curl_url_set (uri, CURLU_DEFAULT_SCHEME, self->use_https ? "https" : "http", 0);
 	curl_url_set (uri, CURLUPART_PATH, uri_path, 0);
@@ -68,19 +75,43 @@ fu_redfish_client_fetch_data (FuRedfishClient *self, const gchar *uri_path, GErr
 				     "failed to create message for URI");
 		return NULL;
 	}
+#else
+	uri = g_strdup_printf ("%s://%s:%s%s",
+			       self->use_https ? "https" : "http",
+			       self->hostname,
+			       port,
+			       uri_path);
+	if (curl_easy_setopt (self->curl, CURLOPT_URL, uri) != CURLE_OK) {
+		g_set_error_literal (error,
+				     FWUPD_ERROR,
+				     FWUPD_ERROR_INVALID_FILE,
+				     "failed to create message for URI");
+		return NULL;
+	}
+#endif
 	curl_easy_setopt (self->curl, CURLOPT_WRITEFUNCTION, fu_redfish_client_fetch_data_cb);
 	curl_easy_setopt (self->curl, CURLOPT_WRITEDATA, buf);
 	res = curl_easy_perform (self->curl);
 	if (res != CURLE_OK) {
 		glong status_code = 0;
+#ifdef HAVE_LIBCURL_7_62_0
 		g_autoptr(curlptr) uri_str = NULL;
+#endif
 		curl_easy_getinfo (self->curl, CURLINFO_RESPONSE_CODE, &status_code);
+#ifdef HAVE_LIBCURL_7_62_0
 		curl_url_get (uri, CURLUPART_URL, &uri_str, 0);
 		g_set_error (error,
 			     FWUPD_ERROR,
 			     FWUPD_ERROR_INVALID_FILE,
 			     "failed to download %s: %s",
 			     uri_str, curl_easy_strerror (res));
+#else
+		g_set_error (error,
+			     FWUPD_ERROR,
+			     FWUPD_ERROR_INVALID_FILE,
+			     "failed to download %s: %s",
+			     uri, curl_easy_strerror (res));
+#endif
 		return NULL;
 	}
 
@@ -572,7 +603,11 @@ fu_redfish_client_update (FuRedfishClient *self, FuDevice *device, GBytes *blob_
 	curl_mimepart *part;
 	g_autofree gchar *filename = NULL;
 	g_autofree gchar *port = g_strdup_printf ("%u", self->port);
+#ifdef HAVE_LIBCURL_7_62_0
 	g_autoptr(CURLU) uri = curl_url ();
+#else
+	g_autofree gchar *uri = NULL;
+#endif
 	g_autoptr(curl_mime) mime = curl_mime_init (self->curl);
 
 	/* Get the update version */
@@ -587,6 +622,7 @@ fu_redfish_client_update (FuRedfishClient *self, FuDevice *device, GBytes *blob_
 	}
 
 	/* create URI */
+#ifdef HAVE_LIBCURL_7_62_0
 	curl_url_set (uri, CURLU_DEFAULT_SCHEME, self->use_https ? "https" : "http", 0);
 	curl_url_set (uri, CURLUPART_PATH, self->push_uri_path, 0);
 	curl_url_set (uri, CURLUPART_HOST, self->hostname, 0);
@@ -598,6 +634,20 @@ fu_redfish_client_update (FuRedfishClient *self, FuDevice *device, GBytes *blob_
 				     "failed to create message for URI");
 		return FALSE;
 	}
+#else
+	uri = g_strdup_printf ("%s://%s:%s%s",
+			       self->use_https ? "https" : "http",
+			       self->hostname,
+			       port,
+			       self->push_uri_path);
+	if (curl_easy_setopt (self->curl, CURLOPT_URL, uri) != CURLE_OK) {
+		g_set_error_literal (error,
+				     FWUPD_ERROR,
+				     FWUPD_ERROR_INVALID_FILE,
+				     "failed to create message for URI");
+		return FALSE;
+	}
+#endif
 
 	/* Create the multipart request */
 	curl_easy_setopt (self->curl, CURLOPT_MIMEPOST, mime);
@@ -607,8 +657,11 @@ fu_redfish_client_update (FuRedfishClient *self, FuDevice *device, GBytes *blob_
 	res = curl_easy_perform (self->curl);
 	if (res != CURLE_OK) {
 		glong status_code = 0;
+#ifdef HAVE_LIBCURL_7_62_0
 		g_autoptr(curlptr) uri_str = NULL;
+#endif
 		curl_easy_getinfo (self->curl, CURLINFO_RESPONSE_CODE, &status_code);
+#ifdef HAVE_LIBCURL_7_62_0
 		curl_url_get (uri, CURLUPART_URL, &uri_str, 0);
 		g_set_error (error,
 			     FWUPD_ERROR,
@@ -617,6 +670,15 @@ fu_redfish_client_update (FuRedfishClient *self, FuDevice *device, GBytes *blob_
 			     filename, uri_str,
 			     curl_easy_strerror (res));
 		return FALSE;
+#else
+		g_set_error (error,
+			     FWUPD_ERROR,
+			     FWUPD_ERROR_INVALID_FILE,
+			     "failed to upload %s to %s: %s",
+			     filename, uri,
+			     curl_easy_strerror (res));
+		return FALSE;
+#endif
 	}
 
 	return TRUE;
diff --git a/src/fu-util-common.c b/src/fu-util-common.c
index d4b430101..bf55a0f89 100644
--- a/src/fu-util-common.c
+++ b/src/fu-util-common.c
@@ -2009,11 +2009,18 @@ fu_util_show_unsupported_warn (void)
 #endif
 }
 
+#ifdef HAVE_LIBCURL_7_62_0
 G_DEFINE_AUTOPTR_CLEANUP_FUNC(CURLU, curl_url_cleanup)
+#endif
 
 gboolean
 fu_util_is_url (const gchar *perhaps_url)
 {
+#ifdef HAVE_LIBCURL_7_62_0
 	g_autoptr(CURLU) h = curl_url ();
 	return curl_url_set (h, CURLUPART_URL, perhaps_url, 0) == CURLUE_OK;
+#else
+	return g_str_has_prefix (perhaps_url, "http://") ||
+		g_str_has_prefix (perhaps_url, "https://");
+#endif
 }