diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 6e62fe1e8..33e0e0712 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ ver 0.20.21 (not yet released)
 * playlist
   - cue: support file type declaration "FLAC" (non-standard)
 * URI schemes are case insensitive
+* Windows
+  - enable the "curl" storage plugin
 
 ver 0.20.20 (2018/05/22)
 * protocol
diff --git a/python/build/libs.py b/python/build/libs.py
index ceab85c09..04e14e829 100644
--- a/python/build/libs.py
+++ b/python/build/libs.py
@@ -364,6 +364,15 @@ curl = AutotoolsProject(
     patches='src/lib/curl/patches',
 )
 
+libexpat = AutotoolsProject(
+    'https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/releases/download/R_2_2_6/expat-2.2.6.tar.bz2',
+    '17b43c2716d521369f82fc2dc70f359860e90fa440bea65b3b85f0b246ea81f2',
+    'lib/libexpat.a',
+    [
+        '--disable-shared', '--enable-static',
+    ],
+)
+
 libnfs = AutotoolsProject(
     'https://github.com/sahlberg/libnfs/archive/libnfs-3.0.0.tar.gz',
     '445d92c5fc55e4a5b115e358e60486cf8f87ee50e0103d46a02e7fb4618566a5',
diff --git a/win32/build.py b/win32/build.py
index 99203a6d6..b3ed4ae55 100755
--- a/win32/build.py
+++ b/win32/build.py
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ thirdparty_libs = [
     liblame,
     ffmpeg,
     curl,
+    libexpat,
     libnfs,
     boost,
 ]