diff --git a/SConscript b/SConscript
index 0d89cb00d..46e225bd6 100644
--- a/SConscript
+++ b/SConscript
@@ -72,9 +72,10 @@ AddSconsOption('font', False, False, "Build the font editor.")
 AddSconsOption('wall', False, False, "Error on all warnings.")
 AddSconsOption('no-warnings', False, False, "Disable all compiler warnings.")
 AddSconsOption('nolua', False, False, "Disable Lua.")
-AddSconsOption('luajit', False, False, "Enable LuaJIT")
-AddSconsOption('lua52', False, False, "Compile using lua 5.2")
+AddSconsOption('luajit', False, False, "Enable LuaJIT.")
+AddSconsOption('lua52', False, False, "Compile using lua 5.2.")
 AddSconsOption('nofft', False, False, "Disable FFT.")
+AddSconsOption('nohttp', False, False, "Disable http requests and libcurl.")
 AddSconsOption("output", False, True, "Executable output name.")
 
 
@@ -327,7 +328,7 @@ def findLibs(env, conf):
 		FatalError("libz not found or not installed")
 
 	#Look for libcurl
-	if not conf.CheckLib(['curl', 'libcurl']):
+	if not GetOption('nohttp') and not conf.CheckLib(['curl', 'libcurl']):
 		FatalError("libcurl not found or not installed")
 
 	if platform == "Linux" or compilePlatform == "Linux" or platform == "FreeBSD":
@@ -496,10 +497,12 @@ if GetOption('static'):
 
 
 #Add other flags and defines
-if not GetOption('nofft'):
+if not GetOption('nofft') or GetOption('renderer'):
 	env.Append(CPPDEFINES=['GRAVFFT'])
 if not GetOption('nolua') and not GetOption('renderer') and not GetOption('font'):
 	env.Append(CPPDEFINES=['LUACONSOLE'])
+if GetOption('nohttp') or GetOption('renderer'):
+	env.Append(CPPDEFINES=['NOHTTP'])
 
 if GetOption('opengl') or GetOption('opengl-renderer'):
 	env.Append(CPPDEFINES=['OGLI', 'PIX32OGL'])
diff --git a/src/client/Client.cpp b/src/client/Client.cpp
index b6408eaf0..d0a806108 100644
--- a/src/client/Client.cpp
+++ b/src/client/Client.cpp
@@ -110,8 +110,10 @@ void Client::Initialise(ByteString proxyString, bool disableNetwork)
 		update_finish();
 	}
 
+#ifndef NOHTTP
 	if (!disableNetwork)
 		http::RequestManager::Ref().Initialise(proxyString);
+#endif
 
 	//Read stamps library
 	std::ifstream stampsLib;
@@ -923,8 +925,10 @@ void Client::Shutdown()
 	{
 		alternateVersionCheckRequest->Cancel();
 	}
-	
+
+#ifndef NOHTTP
 	http::RequestManager::Ref().Shutdown();
+#endif
 
 	//Save config
 	WritePrefs();
diff --git a/src/client/http/Request.cpp b/src/client/http/Request.cpp
index ca328ab5a..ab0bf191a 100644
--- a/src/client/http/Request.cpp
+++ b/src/client/http/Request.cpp
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 namespace http
 {
+#ifndef NOHTTP
 	Request::Request(ByteString uri_):
 		uri(uri_),
 		rm_total(0),
@@ -28,9 +29,13 @@ namespace http
 			rm_finished = true;
 		}
 	}
+#else
+	Request::Request(ByteString uri_) {}
+#endif
 
 	Request::~Request()
 	{
+#ifndef NOHTTP
 		curl_easy_cleanup(easy);
 #ifdef REQUEST_USE_CURL_MIMEPOST
 		curl_mime_free(post_fields);
@@ -38,16 +43,20 @@ namespace http
 		curl_formfree(post_fields_first);
 #endif
 		curl_slist_free_all(headers);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	void Request::AddHeader(ByteString name, ByteString value)
 	{
+#ifndef NOHTTP
 		headers = curl_slist_append(headers, (name + ": " + value).c_str());
+#endif
 	}
 
 	// add post data to a request
 	void Request::AddPostData(std::map<ByteString, ByteString> data)
 	{
+#ifndef NOHTTP
 		if (!data.size())
 		{
 			return;
@@ -79,6 +88,7 @@ namespace http
 			post_fields_map.insert(data.begin(), data.end());
 #endif
 		}
+#endif
 	}
 
 	// add userID and sessionID headers to the request
@@ -98,6 +108,7 @@ namespace http
 		}
 	}
 
+#ifndef NOHTTP
 	size_t Request::WriteDataHandler(char *ptr, size_t size, size_t count, void *userdata)
 	{
 		Request *req = (Request *)userdata;
@@ -105,10 +116,12 @@ namespace http
 		req->response_body.append(ptr, actual_size);
 		return actual_size;
 	}
+#endif
 
 	// start the request thread
 	void Request::Start()
 	{
+#ifndef NOHTTP
 		if (CheckStarted() || CheckDone())
 		{
 			return;
@@ -210,12 +223,14 @@ namespace http
 			rm_started = true;
 		}
 		RequestManager::Ref().StartRequest(this);
+#endif
 	}
 
 
 	// finish the request (if called before the request is done, this will block)
 	ByteString Request::Finish(int *status_out)
 	{
+#ifndef NOHTTP
 		if (CheckCanceled())
 		{
 			return ""; // shouldn't happen but just in case
@@ -236,10 +251,16 @@ namespace http
 
 		RequestManager::Ref().RemoveRequest(this);
 		return response_out;
+#else
+		if (status_out)
+			*status_out = 604;
+		return "";
+#endif
 	}
 
 	void Request::CheckProgress(int *total, int *done)
 	{
+#ifndef NOHTTP
 		std::lock_guard<std::mutex> g(rm_mutex);
 		if (total)
 		{
@@ -249,38 +270,53 @@ namespace http
 		{
 			*done = rm_done;
 		}
+#endif
 	}
 
 	// returns true if the request has finished
 	bool Request::CheckDone()
 	{
+#ifndef NOHTTP
 		std::lock_guard<std::mutex> g(rm_mutex);
 		return rm_finished;
+#else
+		return true;
+#endif
 	}
 
 	// returns true if the request was canceled
 	bool Request::CheckCanceled()
 	{
+#ifndef NOHTTP
 		std::lock_guard<std::mutex> g(rm_mutex);
 		return rm_canceled;
+#else
+		return false;
+#endif
 	}
 
 	// returns true if the request is running
 	bool Request::CheckStarted()
 	{
+#ifndef NOHTTP
 		std::lock_guard<std::mutex> g(rm_mutex);
 		return rm_started;
+#else
+		return true;
+#endif
 
 	}
 
 	// cancels the request, the request thread will delete the Request* when it finishes (do not use Request in any way after canceling)
 	void Request::Cancel()
 	{
+#ifndef NOHTTP
 		{
 			std::lock_guard<std::mutex> g(rm_mutex);
 			rm_canceled = true;
 		}
 		RequestManager::Ref().RemoveRequest(this);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	ByteString Request::Simple(ByteString uri, int *status, std::map<ByteString, ByteString> post_data)
diff --git a/src/client/http/Request.h b/src/client/http/Request.h
index 399085171..6f4181c51 100644
--- a/src/client/http/Request.h
+++ b/src/client/http/Request.h
@@ -2,11 +2,12 @@
 #define REQUEST_H
 
 #include <map>
+#include "common/String.h"
+#ifndef NOHTTP
 #include "common/tpt-minmax.h" // for MSVC, ensures windows.h doesn't cause compile errors by defining min/max
 #include <mutex>
 #include <condition_variable>
 #include <curl/curl.h>
-#include "common/String.h"
 
 #if defined(CURL_AT_LEAST_VERSION) && CURL_AT_LEAST_VERSION(7, 55, 0)
 # define REQUEST_USE_CURL_OFFSET_T
@@ -19,12 +20,14 @@
 #if defined(CURL_AT_LEAST_VERSION) && CURL_AT_LEAST_VERSION(7, 61, 0)
 # define REQUEST_USE_CURL_TLSV13CL
 #endif
+#endif
 
 namespace http
 {
 	class RequestManager;
 	class Request
 	{
+#ifndef NOHTTP
 		ByteString uri;
 		ByteString response_body;
 
@@ -53,6 +56,7 @@ namespace http
 		std::condition_variable done_cv;
 
 		static size_t WriteDataHandler(char * ptr, size_t size, size_t count, void * userdata);
+#endif
 
 	public:
 		Request(ByteString uri);
diff --git a/src/client/http/RequestManager.cpp b/src/client/http/RequestManager.cpp
index 5ba90fd1c..126028f32 100644
--- a/src/client/http/RequestManager.cpp
+++ b/src/client/http/RequestManager.cpp
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+#ifndef NOHTTP
 #include "RequestManager.h"
 
 #include <iostream>
@@ -254,3 +255,4 @@ namespace http
 		rt_cv.notify_one();
 	}
 }
+#endif
diff --git a/src/client/http/RequestManager.h b/src/client/http/RequestManager.h
index 3c2acb52f..9245df55a 100644
--- a/src/client/http/RequestManager.h
+++ b/src/client/http/RequestManager.h
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+#ifndef NOHTTP
 #ifndef REQUESTMANAGER_H
 #define REQUESTMANAGER_H
 
@@ -53,3 +54,4 @@ namespace http
 }
 
 #endif // REQUESTMANAGER_H
+#endif
diff --git a/src/gui/filebrowser/FileBrowserActivity.cpp b/src/gui/filebrowser/FileBrowserActivity.cpp
index c0189c4bb..05fc4661d 100644
--- a/src/gui/filebrowser/FileBrowserActivity.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/filebrowser/FileBrowserActivity.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 #include "FileBrowserActivity.h"
 
+#include <algorithm>
+
 #include "gui/interface/Label.h"
 #include "gui/interface/Textbox.h"
 #include "gui/interface/ScrollPanel.h"