diff --git a/rpcs3/rpcs3qt/game_compatibility.cpp b/rpcs3/rpcs3qt/game_compatibility.cpp
index 7412643043..f3b0108e72 100644
--- a/rpcs3/rpcs3qt/game_compatibility.cpp
+++ b/rpcs3/rpcs3qt/game_compatibility.cpp
@@ -7,6 +7,12 @@
 #include <QJsonDocument>
 #include <QThread>
 
+#define NOMINMAX
+#ifndef CURL_STATICLIB
+#define CURL_STATICLIB
+#endif
+#include <curl/curl.h>
+
 LOG_CHANNEL(compat_log, "Compat");
 
 constexpr auto qstr = QString::fromStdString;
@@ -69,7 +75,7 @@ size_t game_compatibility::update_buffer(char* data, size_t size)
 	}
 
 	Q_EMIT signal_buffer_update(static_cast<int>(new_size), max);
-	
+
 	return size;
 }
 
diff --git a/rpcs3/rpcs3qt/game_compatibility.h b/rpcs3/rpcs3qt/game_compatibility.h
index aa7a1f4e37..42421fb909 100644
--- a/rpcs3/rpcs3qt/game_compatibility.h
+++ b/rpcs3/rpcs3qt/game_compatibility.h
@@ -5,10 +5,6 @@
 #include <QPainter>
 #include <QJsonObject>
 
-#define NOMINMAX
-#define CURL_STATICLIB
-#include <curl/curl.h>
-
 class gui_settings;
 class progress_dialog;
 
@@ -44,7 +40,7 @@ private:
 	std::atomic<bool> m_curl_result = false;
 	std::atomic<bool> m_curl_abort = false;
 	double m_actual_dwnld_size = -1.0;
-	CURL *m_curl = nullptr;
+	void* m_curl = nullptr;
 	QByteArray m_curl_buf;
 	progress_dialog* m_progress_dialog = nullptr;
 	std::shared_ptr<gui_settings> m_xgui_settings;
diff --git a/rpcs3/rpcs3qt/update_manager.cpp b/rpcs3/rpcs3qt/update_manager.cpp
index 1e314b4171..02e959a9c6 100644
--- a/rpcs3/rpcs3qt/update_manager.cpp
+++ b/rpcs3/rpcs3qt/update_manager.cpp
@@ -31,6 +31,11 @@
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #endif
 
+#ifndef CURL_STATICLIB
+#define CURL_STATICLIB
+#endif
+#include <curl/curl.h>
+
 LOG_CHANNEL(update_log, "UPDATER");
 
 size_t curl_write_cb(char* ptr, size_t /*size*/, size_t nmemb, void* userdata)
diff --git a/rpcs3/rpcs3qt/update_manager.h b/rpcs3/rpcs3qt/update_manager.h
index 07f21e1ee5..0946903688 100644
--- a/rpcs3/rpcs3qt/update_manager.h
+++ b/rpcs3/rpcs3qt/update_manager.h
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 #pragma once
 
 #include "stdafx.h"
-#define NOMINMAX
-#define CURL_STATICLIB
-#include <curl/curl.h>
 #include <QObject>
 #include <QByteArray>
 
@@ -21,7 +18,7 @@ private:
 	progress_dialog* m_progress_dialog = nullptr;
 	QWidget* m_parent                  = nullptr;
 
-	CURL *m_curl = nullptr;
+	void* m_curl = nullptr;
 	QByteArray m_curl_buf;
 	std::atomic<bool> m_curl_abort = false;
 	std::atomic<bool> m_curl_result = false;