diff --git a/checkin_notes b/checkin_notes
index 469948be83..2499c4086e 100644
--- a/checkin_notes
+++ b/checkin_notes
@@ -3181,3 +3181,9 @@ Rom    April 10 2008
     
     lib/
         util.C
+
+Rom    April 11 2008
+    - BLD: Update confgiure.ac to require libcurl 7.17.1.
+    
+    /
+        configure.ac
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 40afca3301..848a861eba 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ BOINC_GETSOCKOPT_TYPE
 dnl ---------- libcurl (m4/libcurl.m4) ------------------------------
 
 if test "${enable_client}" = yes; then
-   LIBCURL_CHECK_CONFIG([yes], [7.15.5], [haveCurl=yes], [haveCurl=no])
+   LIBCURL_CHECK_CONFIG([yes], [7.17.1], [haveCurl=yes], [haveCurl=no])
    
    if test "${haveCurl}" != yes; then
       AC_MSG_ERROR([