diff --git a/src/lib/curl/Request.cxx b/src/lib/curl/Request.cxx
index 204ee7d5b..1b8bbd640 100644
--- a/src/lib/curl/Request.cxx
+++ b/src/lib/curl/Request.cxx
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
 #include <assert.h>
 #include <string.h>
 
-CurlRequest::CurlRequest(CurlGlobal &_global, const char *url,
+CurlRequest::CurlRequest(CurlGlobal &_global,
 			 CurlResponseHandler &_handler)
 	:global(_global), handler(_handler),
 	 postpone_error_event(global.GetEventLoop(),
@@ -64,7 +64,6 @@ CurlRequest::CurlRequest(CurlGlobal &_global, const char *url,
 	easy.SetOption(CURLOPT_NOPROGRESS, 1l);
 	easy.SetOption(CURLOPT_NOSIGNAL, 1l);
 	easy.SetOption(CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT, 10l);
-	easy.SetOption(CURLOPT_URL, url);
 }
 
 CurlRequest::~CurlRequest() noexcept
diff --git a/src/lib/curl/Request.hxx b/src/lib/curl/Request.hxx
index a54c7c575..40abfbf6b 100644
--- a/src/lib/curl/Request.hxx
+++ b/src/lib/curl/Request.hxx
@@ -78,8 +78,15 @@ public:
 	/**
 	 * To start sending the request, call Start().
 	 */
-	CurlRequest(CurlGlobal &_global, const char *url,
+	CurlRequest(CurlGlobal &_global,
 		    CurlResponseHandler &_handler);
+
+	CurlRequest(CurlGlobal &_global, const char *url,
+		    CurlResponseHandler &_handler)
+		:CurlRequest(_global, _handler) {
+		SetUrl(url);
+	}
+
 	~CurlRequest() noexcept;
 
 	CurlRequest(const CurlRequest &) = delete;
@@ -119,6 +126,10 @@ public:
 		easy.SetOption(option, value);
 	}
 
+	void SetUrl(const char *url) {
+		easy.SetOption(CURLOPT_URL, url);
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * CurlResponseHandler::OnData() shall throw this to pause the
 	 * stream.  Call Resume() to resume the transfer.