diff --git a/indra/llmessage/aicurl.cpp b/indra/llmessage/aicurl.cpp
index e5dcb6ae8..7e6fc9236 100644
--- a/indra/llmessage/aicurl.cpp
+++ b/indra/llmessage/aicurl.cpp
@@ -1392,6 +1392,10 @@ void BufferedCurlEasyRequest::prepRequest(AICurlEasyRequest_wat& curl_easy_reque
 	// to id.secondlife.com for marketplace.secondlife.com.
 	allow_cookies = true;
   }
+  if (responder->forbidReuse())
+  {
+	curl_easy_request_w->setopt(CURLOPT_FORBID_REUSE, 1);
+  }
   if (allow_cookies)
   {
 	// Given an empty or non-existing file or by passing the empty string (""),
diff --git a/indra/llmessage/llhttpclient.h b/indra/llmessage/llhttpclient.h
index af11a6687..b4ce6facc 100644
--- a/indra/llmessage/llhttpclient.h
+++ b/indra/llmessage/llhttpclient.h
@@ -217,6 +217,10 @@ public:
 		// Derived classes that implement completed_headers()/completedHeaders() should return true here.
 		virtual bool needsHeaders(void) const { return false; }
 
+		// A derived class should return true if curl should close the connection when done.
+		// The default is to keep connections open for possible reuse.
+		virtual bool forbidReuse(void) const { return false; }
+
 		// A derived class should return true if curl should follow redirections.
 		// The default is not to follow redirections.
 		virtual bool followRedir(void) const { return false; }
diff --git a/indra/newview/llxmlrpcresponder.h b/indra/newview/llxmlrpcresponder.h
index 3c32cd2a6..4a5f29077 100644
--- a/indra/newview/llxmlrpcresponder.h
+++ b/indra/newview/llxmlrpcresponder.h
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ public:
 	LLXMLRPCValue responseValue(void) const;
 
 	/*virtual*/ bool needsHeaders(void) const { return true; }
+	/*virtual*/ bool forbidReuse(void) const { return true; }
 	/*virtual*/ void received_HTTP_header(void) { mReceivedHTTPHeader = true; LLHTTPClient::ResponderBase::received_HTTP_header(); }
 	/*virtual*/ void completed_headers(U32 status, std::string const& reason, AITransferInfo* info);
 	/*virtual*/ void completedRaw(U32 status, std::string const& reason, LLChannelDescriptors const& channels, buffer_ptr_t const& buffer);