diff --git a/admin/environment.xml b/admin/environment.xml
index 5775d1a59a72..8b982f2c1260 100644
--- a/admin/environment.xml
+++ b/admin/environment.xml
@@ -1145,6 +1145,11 @@
           <ON_CHECK message="unsupporteddbtablerowformat" />
         </FEEDBACK>
       </CUSTOM_CHECK>
+      <CUSTOM_CHECK file="lib/upgradelib.php" function="check_libcurl_version" level="optional">
+        <FEEDBACK>
+          <ON_CHECK message="libcurlwarning" />
+        </FEEDBACK>
+      </CUSTOM_CHECK>
     </CUSTOM_CHECKS>
   </MOODLE>
   <MOODLE version="2.8" requires="2.2">
@@ -1418,6 +1423,11 @@
           <ON_CHECK message="unsupporteddbtablerowformat" />
         </FEEDBACK>
       </CUSTOM_CHECK>
+      <CUSTOM_CHECK file="lib/upgradelib.php" function="check_libcurl_version" level="optional">
+        <FEEDBACK>
+          <ON_CHECK message="libcurlwarning" />
+        </FEEDBACK>
+      </CUSTOM_CHECK>
     </CUSTOM_CHECKS>
   </MOODLE>
   <MOODLE version="3.0" requires="2.2">
@@ -1556,6 +1566,11 @@
           <ON_CHECK message="unsupporteddbtablerowformat" />
         </FEEDBACK>
       </CUSTOM_CHECK>
+      <CUSTOM_CHECK file="lib/upgradelib.php" function="check_libcurl_version" level="optional">
+        <FEEDBACK>
+          <ON_CHECK message="libcurlwarning" />
+        </FEEDBACK>
+      </CUSTOM_CHECK>
     </CUSTOM_CHECKS>
   </MOODLE>
   <MOODLE version="3.1" requires="2.7">
@@ -1701,6 +1716,11 @@
           <ON_CHECK message="unoconvwarning" />
         </FEEDBACK>
       </CUSTOM_CHECK>
+      <CUSTOM_CHECK file="lib/upgradelib.php" function="check_libcurl_version" level="optional">
+        <FEEDBACK>
+          <ON_CHECK message="libcurlwarning" />
+        </FEEDBACK>
+      </CUSTOM_CHECK>
     </CUSTOM_CHECKS>
   </MOODLE>
   <MOODLE version="3.2" requires="2.7">
@@ -1851,6 +1871,11 @@
           <ON_CHECK message="tlswarning" />
         </FEEDBACK>
       </CUSTOM_CHECK>
+      <CUSTOM_CHECK file="lib/upgradelib.php" function="check_libcurl_version" level="optional">
+        <FEEDBACK>
+          <ON_CHECK message="libcurlwarning" />
+        </FEEDBACK>
+      </CUSTOM_CHECK>
     </CUSTOM_CHECKS>
   </MOODLE>
 </COMPATIBILITY_MATRIX>
diff --git a/lang/en/admin.php b/lang/en/admin.php
index d650274d037c..61e86960c434 100644
--- a/lang/en/admin.php
+++ b/lang/en/admin.php
@@ -631,6 +631,7 @@
 $string['legacyfilesaddallowed_help'] = 'If a course has legacy course files, allow new files and folders to be added to it.';
 $string['legacyfilesinnewcourses'] = 'Legacy course files in new courses';
 $string['legacyfilesinnewcourses_help'] = 'By default, legacy course files areas are available in upgraded courses only. Please note that some features such as activity backup and restore are not compatible with this setting.';
+$string['libcurlwarning'] = 'Libcurl with CURLOPT_PROTOCOL support has not been detected. It is recommended to have an up to date libcurl installation for security reasons.';
 $string['licensesettings'] = 'Licence settings';
 $string['linkadmincategories'] = 'Link admin categories';
 $string['linkadmincategories_help'] = 'If enabled admin setting categories will be displayed as links in the navigation and will lead to the admin category pages.';
diff --git a/lib/tests/upgradelib_test.php b/lib/tests/upgradelib_test.php
index eaeb63d0b3e6..2d99c106d83e 100644
--- a/lib/tests/upgradelib_test.php
+++ b/lib/tests/upgradelib_test.php
@@ -866,4 +866,20 @@ private function assign_good_letter_boundary($contextid) {
             $DB->insert_record('grade_letters', $record);
         }
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Test libcurl custom check api.
+     */
+    public function test_check_libcurl_version() {
+        $supportedversion = 0x071304;
+        $curlinfo = curl_version();
+        $currentversion = $curlinfo['version_number'];
+
+        $result = new environment_results("custom_checks");
+        if ($currentversion < $supportedversion) {
+            $this->assertFalse(check_libcurl_version($result)->getStatus());
+        } else {
+            $this->assertNull(check_libcurl_version($result));
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/lib/upgradelib.php b/lib/upgradelib.php
index c4da21445bf7..32b4a84e39dc 100644
--- a/lib/upgradelib.php
+++ b/lib/upgradelib.php
@@ -2347,3 +2347,32 @@ function check_tls_libraries(environment_results $result) {
 
     return null;
 }
+
+/**
+ * Check if recommended version of libcurl is installed or not.
+ *
+ * @param environment_results $result object to update, if relevant.
+ * @return environment_results|null updated results or null.
+ */
+function check_libcurl_version(environment_results $result) {
+
+    // Supported version and version number.
+    $supportedversion = 0x071304;
+    $supportedversionstring = "7.19.4";
+
+    // Installed version.
+    $curlinfo = curl_version();
+    $currentversion = $curlinfo['version_number'];
+
+    if ($currentversion < $supportedversion) {
+        // Test fail.
+        // Set info, we want to let user know how to resolve the problem.
+        $result->setInfo('Libcurl version check');
+        $result->setNeededVersion($supportedversionstring);
+        $result->setCurrentVersion($curlinfo['version']);
+        $result->setStatus(false);
+        return $result;
+    }
+
+    return null;
+}
diff --git a/version.php b/version.php
index 12b6ffae15b2..c3159d3f4272 100644
--- a/version.php
+++ b/version.php
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 
 defined('MOODLE_INTERNAL') || die();
 
-$version  = 2016110800.00;              // YYYYMMDD      = weekly release date of this DEV branch.
+$version  = 2016110800.01;              // YYYYMMDD      = weekly release date of this DEV branch.
                                         //         RR    = release increments - 00 in DEV branches.
                                         //           .XX = incremental changes.