diff --git a/packages/libcurl/namespaced/Api.Libcurl.pp b/packages/libcurl/namespaced/Api.Libcurl.pp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..583c12eb81
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/libcurl/namespaced/Api.Libcurl.pp
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+unit Api.Libcurl;
+{$DEFINE FPC_DOTTEDUNITS}
+{$i libcurl.pp}
diff --git a/packages/libcurl/namespaces.lst b/packages/libcurl/namespaces.lst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d8c54b95a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/libcurl/namespaces.lst
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+src/libcurl.pp=namespaced/Api.Libcurl.pp
+{s*:src/}=namespaced/
+{i+:src/}
diff --git a/packages/libcurl/src/libcurl.pp b/packages/libcurl/src/libcurl.pp
index 663db436aa..0d8908805a 100644
--- a/packages/libcurl/src/libcurl.pp
+++ b/packages/libcurl/src/libcurl.pp
@@ -16,21 +16,35 @@
    website for this. 
  }
 {$mode objfpc}
+{$IFNDEF FPC_DOTTEDUNITS}
 unit libcurl;
+{$ENDIF FPC_DOTTEDUNITS}
 
 interface
 
 {$IFDEF WINDOWS}
+{$IFDEF FPC_DOTTEDUNITS}
+uses
+  System.CTypes;
+{$ELSE FPC_DOTTEDUNITS}
 uses
   ctypes;
+{$ENDIF FPC_DOTTEDUNITS}
 
 type
   time_t = clong;
   PTime_t = ^time_t;
   off_t  = clong;
 {$ELSE}
+
+{$IFDEF FPC_DOTTEDUNITS}
+uses
+  UnixApi.Types;
+{$ELSE FPC_DOTTEDUNITS}
 uses
   unixtype;
+{$ENDIF FPC_DOTTEDUNITS}
+
 {$ENDIF}
 
 {$IFDEF FPC}