diff --git a/3rdparty/CMakeLists.txt b/3rdparty/CMakeLists.txt
index 06f95d1c22..45618d0910 100644
--- a/3rdparty/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/3rdparty/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -413,11 +413,18 @@ endif()
 # LLVM
 include(llvm.cmake)
 
-# Wolfssl
-add_subdirectory(wolfssl EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
-
-# Libcurl
-add_subdirectory(curl EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
+# CURL
+if(USE_SYSTEM_CURL)
+	message("-- RPCS3: using shared libcurl")
+	find_package(CURL REQUIRED)
+	add_library(wolfssl-3-static INTERFACE)
+	add_library(libcurl INTERFACE)
+	target_link_libraries(libcurl INTERFACE CURL::libcurl)
+else()
+	message("-- RPCS3: building libcurl + wolfssl submodules")
+	add_subdirectory(wolfssl EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
+	add_subdirectory(curl EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
+endif()
 
 # add nice ALIAS targets for ease of use
 add_library(3rdparty::libusb ALIAS usb-1.0-static)