diff --git a/net-mgmt/ettercap/files/patch-curl b/net-mgmt/ettercap/files/patch-curl
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..616e246e54f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net-mgmt/ettercap/files/patch-curl
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+--- plug-ins/sslstrip/sslstrip.c.orig	2020-08-01 14:32:06 UTC
++++ plug-ins/sslstrip/sslstrip.c
+@@ -53,10 +53,6 @@
+ 
+ #include <curl/curl.h>
+ 
+-#if (LIBCURL_VERSION_MAJOR < 7) || (LIBCURL_VERSION_MINOR < 26)
+-#error libcurl 7.26.0 or up is needed
+-#endif
+-
+ /*
+  * This plugin will basically replace all https links sent to the user's browser with http 
+  * but keep track of those https links to send a proper HTTPS request to the links when requested.