diff --git a/modules/juce_core/native/juce_curl_Network.cpp b/modules/juce_core/native/juce_curl_Network.cpp
index 7e6518f739..0e9927462c 100644
--- a/modules/juce_core/native/juce_curl_Network.cpp
+++ b/modules/juce_core/native/juce_curl_Network.cpp
@@ -149,6 +149,7 @@ public:
         if (curl_easy_setopt (curl, CURLOPT_URL, address.toRawUTF8()) == CURLE_OK
             && curl_easy_setopt (curl, CURLOPT_WRITEDATA, this) == CURLE_OK
             && curl_easy_setopt (curl, CURLOPT_WRITEFUNCTION, StaticCurlWrite) == CURLE_OK
+            && curl_easy_setopt (curl, CURLOPT_NOSIGNAL, 1) == CURLE_OK
             && curl_easy_setopt (curl, CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS, static_cast<long> (maxRedirects)) == CURLE_OK
             && curl_easy_setopt (curl, CURLOPT_USERAGENT, userAgent.toRawUTF8()) == CURLE_OK
             && curl_easy_setopt (curl, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, (maxRedirects > 0 ? 1 : 0)) == CURLE_OK)