diff --git a/src/common/linux/libcurl_wrapper.cc b/src/common/linux/libcurl_wrapper.cc
index 09668161..a53087d9 100644
--- a/src/common/linux/libcurl_wrapper.cc
+++ b/src/common/linux/libcurl_wrapper.cc
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ LibcurlWrapper::LibcurlWrapper()
 LibcurlWrapper::~LibcurlWrapper() {
   if (init_ok_) {
     (*easy_cleanup_)(curl_);
+    (*global_cleanup_)();
     dlclose(curl_lib_);
   }
 }
@@ -262,6 +263,10 @@ bool LibcurlWrapper::SetFunctionPointers() {
   SET_AND_CHECK_FUNCTION_POINTER(formfree_,
                                  "curl_formfree",
                                  void(*)(curl_httppost*));
+
+  SET_AND_CHECK_FUNCTION_POINTER(global_cleanup_,
+                                 "curl_global_cleanup",
+                                 void(*)(void));
   return true;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/common/linux/libcurl_wrapper.h b/src/common/linux/libcurl_wrapper.h
index f4a4dca4..f8f961c1 100644
--- a/src/common/linux/libcurl_wrapper.h
+++ b/src/common/linux/libcurl_wrapper.h
@@ -39,6 +39,9 @@
 #include "third_party/curl/curl.h"
 
 namespace google_breakpad {
+
+// This class is only safe to be used on single-threaded code because of its
+// usage of libcurl's curl_global_cleanup().
 class LibcurlWrapper {
  public:
   LibcurlWrapper();
@@ -111,6 +114,7 @@ class LibcurlWrapper {
   CURLcode (*easy_getinfo_)(CURL*, CURLINFO info, ...);
   void (*easy_reset_)(CURL*);
   void (*formfree_)(struct curl_httppost*);
+  void (*global_cleanup_)(void);
 
 };
 }