diff --git a/src/libstrongswan/utils/leak_detective.c b/src/libstrongswan/utils/leak_detective.c
index 3fd4cf2b4..07782fdf3 100644
--- a/src/libstrongswan/utils/leak_detective.c
+++ b/src/libstrongswan/utils/leak_detective.c
@@ -195,6 +195,8 @@ char *whitelist[] = {
 	"xmlInitCharEncodingHandlers",
 	"xmlInitParser",
 	"xmlInitParserCtxt",
+	/* libcurl */
+	"Curl_client_write",
 	/* ClearSilver */
 	"nerr_init",
 	/* OpenSSL */