diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index ae0eba1b7..5c9693ee5 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 ver 0.17 (2010/??/??)
 * input:
   - cdio_paranoia: new input plugin to play audio CDs
+  - curl: enable CURLOPT_NETRC
 * decoder:
   - mpg123: implement seeking
 * output:
diff --git a/src/input/curl_input_plugin.c b/src/input/curl_input_plugin.c
index ae645bddf..873874e12 100644
--- a/src/input/curl_input_plugin.c
+++ b/src/input/curl_input_plugin.c
@@ -647,6 +647,7 @@ input_curl_easy_init(struct input_curl *c, GError **error_r)
 	curl_easy_setopt(c->easy, CURLOPT_WRITEDATA, c);
 	curl_easy_setopt(c->easy, CURLOPT_HTTP200ALIASES, http_200_aliases);
 	curl_easy_setopt(c->easy, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, 1);
+	curl_easy_setopt(c->easy, CURLOPT_NETRC, 1);
 	curl_easy_setopt(c->easy, CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS, 5);
 	curl_easy_setopt(c->easy, CURLOPT_FAILONERROR, true);
 	curl_easy_setopt(c->easy, CURLOPT_ERRORBUFFER, c->error);