diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 4b1cccf8dc..14cf66ac19 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -122,13 +122,13 @@ if (LINTEL_FOUND AND DATASERIES_FOUND AND LIBXML2_FOUND)
 	list(APPEND OPTLIBS ${LibXML2_LIBRARIES})
 endif()
 
-set(USE_LIBCURL false)
+set(USE_CURL false)
 find_package(CURL)
 if (CURL_FOUND)
-  set(USE_LIBCURL true)
+  set(USE_CURL true)
   include_directories(BEFORE ${CURL_INCLUDE_DIR})
   list(APPEND OPTLIBS ${CURL_LIBRARIES})
-  set(INSTALL_ELASTICSEARCH true)
+  set(USE_ELASTICSEARCH true)
 endif()
 
 if (ENABLE_PERFTOOLS_DEBUG)
@@ -218,13 +218,14 @@ message(
     "\nBroccoli:          ${INSTALL_BROCCOLI}"
     "\nBroctl:            ${INSTALL_BROCTL}"
     "\nAux. Tools:        ${INSTALL_AUX_TOOLS}"
-    "\nElasticSearch:     ${INSTALL_ELASTICSEARCH}"
     "\n"
     "\nGeoIP:             ${USE_GEOIP}"
     "\nGoogle perftools:  ${USE_PERFTOOLS}"
     "\n       debugging:  ${USE_PERFTOOLS_DEBUG}"
+    "\ncURL:              ${USE_CURL}"
+    "\n"
     "\nDataSeries:        ${USE_DATASERIES}"
-    "\nlibCURL:           ${USE_LIBCURL}"
+    "\nElasticSearch:     ${USE_ELASTICSEARCH}"
     "\n"
     "\n================================================================\n"
 )
diff --git a/config.h.in b/config.h.in
index 66121cefbf..aa286736fd 100644
--- a/config.h.in
+++ b/config.h.in
@@ -114,11 +114,14 @@
 /* Analyze Mobile IPv6 traffic */
 #cmakedefine ENABLE_MOBILE_IPV6
 
+/* Use libCurl. */
+#cmakedefine USE_CURL
+
 /* Use the DataSeries writer. */
 #cmakedefine USE_DATASERIES
 
-/* Build the ElasticSearch writer. */
-#cmakedefine INSTALL_ELASTICSEARCH
+/* Use the ElasticSearch writer. */
+#cmakedefine USE_ELASTICSEARCH
 
 /* Version number of package */
 #define VERSION "@VERSION@"
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 801fb1e801..3258d4abfc 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -98,7 +98,6 @@ append_cache_entry BRO_SCRIPT_INSTALL_PATH STRING $prefix/share/bro
 append_cache_entry BRO_ETC_INSTALL_DIR  PATH   $prefix/etc
 append_cache_entry ENABLE_DEBUG         BOOL   false
 append_cache_entry ENABLE_PERFTOOLS_DEBUG BOOL false
-append_cache_entry INSTALL_ELASTICSEARCH BOOL false
 append_cache_entry BinPAC_SKIP_INSTALL  BOOL   true
 append_cache_entry BUILD_SHARED_LIBS    BOOL   true
 append_cache_entry INSTALL_AUX_TOOLS    BOOL   true
diff --git a/doc/logging-elasticsearch.rst b/doc/logging-elasticsearch.rst
index 4fce470d4a..26b49f3a0b 100644
--- a/doc/logging-elasticsearch.rst
+++ b/doc/logging-elasticsearch.rst
@@ -26,16 +26,15 @@ ElasticSearch with::
 Compiling Bro with ElasticSearch Support
 ----------------------------------------
 
-First, ensure that you have libcurl installed. Secondly, set the 
-``--enable-elasticsearch`` option::
+First, ensure that you have libcurl installed the run configure.::
 
-    # ./configure --enable-elasticsearch
+    # ./configure
     [...]
     ====================|  Bro Build Summary  |=====================
     [...]
-    ElasticSearch:     true
+    cURL:              true
     [...]
-    libCURL:           true
+    ElasticSearch:     true
     [...]
     ================================================================
 
diff --git a/src/logging/Manager.cc b/src/logging/Manager.cc
index 5c1203fd91..5562b3b867 100644
--- a/src/logging/Manager.cc
+++ b/src/logging/Manager.cc
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 #include "writers/Ascii.h"
 #include "writers/None.h"
 
-#ifdef INSTALL_ELASTICSEARCH
+#ifdef USE_ELASTICSEARCH
 #include "writers/ElasticSearch.h"
 #endif
 
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ WriterDefinition log_writers[] = {
 	{ BifEnum::Log::WRITER_NONE,  "None", 0, writer::None::Instantiate },
 	{ BifEnum::Log::WRITER_ASCII, "Ascii", 0, writer::Ascii::Instantiate },
 
-#ifdef INSTALL_ELASTICSEARCH
+#ifdef USE_ELASTICSEARCH
 	{ BifEnum::Log::WRITER_ELASTICSEARCH, "ElasticSearch", 0, writer::ElasticSearch::Instantiate },
 #endif
 
diff --git a/src/logging/writers/ElasticSearch.cc b/src/logging/writers/ElasticSearch.cc
index 402a2f21ad..494c48f286 100644
--- a/src/logging/writers/ElasticSearch.cc
+++ b/src/logging/writers/ElasticSearch.cc
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 #include "config.h"
 
-#ifdef INSTALL_ELASTICSEARCH
+#ifdef USE_ELASTICSEARCH
 
 #include <string>
 #include <errno.h>
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ CURL* ElasticSearch::HTTPSetup()
 	
 	// HTTP 1.1 likes to use chunked encoded transfers, which aren't good for speed. The best (only?) way to disable that is to
 	// just use HTTP 1.0
-	curl_easy_setopt(handle, CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION, CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_0);
+	//curl_easy_setopt(handle, CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION, CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_0);
 	return handle;
 	}
 
@@ -275,8 +275,8 @@ bool ElasticSearch::HTTPSend()
 	{
 	CURLcode return_code;
 	
+	curl_easy_setopt(curl_handle, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDSIZE_LARGE, buffer.Len());
 	curl_easy_setopt(curl_handle, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, buffer.Bytes());
-	curl_easy_setopt(curl_handle, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDSIZE, buffer.Len());
 	
 	return_code = curl_easy_perform(curl_handle);
 	switch ( return_code ) 
diff --git a/src/main.cc b/src/main.cc
index b1d0a4d723..04aa83b832 100644
--- a/src/main.cc
+++ b/src/main.cc
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@
 #include <getopt.h>
 #endif
 
+#ifdef USE_CURL
+#include <curl/curl.h>
+#endif
+
 #ifdef USE_IDMEF
 extern "C" {
 #include <libidmef/idmefxml.h>
@@ -716,6 +720,10 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv)
 	SSL_library_init();
 	SSL_load_error_strings();
 
+#ifdef USE_CURL
+	curl_global_init(CURL_GLOBAL_ALL);
+#endif
+
 	// FIXME: On systems that don't provide /dev/urandom, OpenSSL doesn't
 	// seed the PRNG. We should do this here (but at least Linux, FreeBSD
 	// and Solaris provide /dev/urandom).
@@ -1066,6 +1074,10 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv)
 		done_with_network();
 		net_delete();
 
+#ifdef USE_CURL
+		curl_global_cleanup();
+#endif
+		
 		terminate_bro();
 
 		// Close files after net_delete(), because net_delete()