diff --git a/0003-curl-add-a-helper-for-HTTP-GET.patch b/0003-curl-add-a-helper-for-HTTP-GET.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..44b35fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/0003-curl-add-a-helper-for-HTTP-GET.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+From 85e6d59c4c9aeabb16cb9e0c68f13933b2c7ed7b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Jakub Filak <jfilak@redhat.com>
+Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2015 15:49:13 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] curl: add a helper for HTTP GET
+
+Please do not think I am an idiot but I really do not see any better way
+to enable ABRT to use HTTP GET through libreport helper functions.
+
+Related: rhbz#1256493
+
+Signed-off-by: Jakub Filak <jfilak@redhat.com>
+---
+ src/include/libreport_curl.h | 10 ++++++++++
+ src/lib/curl.c               |  4 ++--
+ 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/src/include/libreport_curl.h b/src/include/libreport_curl.h
+index 4b41ecc..5478fa6 100644
+--- a/src/include/libreport_curl.h
++++ b/src/include/libreport_curl.h
+@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ enum {
+     POST_DATA_FROMFILE_PUT = -3,
+     POST_DATA_FROMFILE_AS_FORM_DATA = -4,
+     POST_DATA_STRING_AS_FORM_DATA = -5,
++    POST_DATA_GET = -6,
+ };
+ int
+ post(post_state_t *state,
+@@ -79,6 +80,15 @@ post(post_state_t *state,
+                 const char *data,
+                 off_t data_size);
+ static inline int
++get(post_state_t *state,
++                const char *url,
++                const char *content_type,
++                const char **additional_headers)
++{
++    return post(state, url, content_type, additional_headers,
++                     NULL, POST_DATA_GET);
++}
++static inline int
+ post_string(post_state_t *state,
+                 const char *url,
+                 const char *content_type,
+diff --git a/src/lib/curl.c b/src/lib/curl.c
+index f7321b5..c927ece 100644
+--- a/src/lib/curl.c
++++ b/src/lib/curl.c
+@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ post(post_state_t *state,
+         xcurl_easy_setopt_ptr(handle, CURLOPT_PASSWORD, (state->password ? state->password : ""));
+     }
+ 
+-    if (data_size != POST_DATA_FROMFILE_PUT)
++    if (data_size != POST_DATA_FROMFILE_PUT && data_size != POST_DATA_GET)
+     {
+         // Do a HTTP POST. This also makes curl use
+         // a "Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded" header.
+@@ -459,7 +459,7 @@ post(post_state_t *state,
+             error_msg_and_die("out of memory or read error (curl_formadd error code: %d)", (int)curlform_err);
+         xcurl_easy_setopt_ptr(handle, CURLOPT_HTTPPOST, post);
+     }
+-    else
++    else if (data_size != POST_DATA_GET)
+     {
+         // ...from a blob in memory
+         xcurl_easy_setopt_ptr(handle, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, data);
+-- 
+2.5.0
+
diff --git a/libreport.spec b/libreport.spec
index de06286..1efdcca 100644
--- a/libreport.spec
+++ b/libreport.spec
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 Summary: Generic library for reporting various problems
 Name: libreport
 Version: 2.6.2
-Release: 2%{?dist}
+Release: 3%{?dist}
 License: GPLv2+
 Group: System Environment/Libraries
 URL: https://abrt.readthedocs.org/
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ Source1: autogen.sh
 # i=0; for p in `ls 0*.patch`; do printf "Patch%04d: %s\n" $i $p; ((i++)); done
 Patch0001: 0001-dd-stop-warning-about-corrupted-mandatory-files.patch
 Patch0002: 0002-dd-don-t-warn-about-missing-type-if-the-locking-fail.patch
+Patch0003: 0003-curl-add-a-helper-for-HTTP-GET.patch
 
 # git is need for '%%autosetup -S git' which automatically applies all the
 # patches above. Please, be aware that the patches must be generated
@@ -738,6 +739,9 @@ gtk-update-icon-cache %{_datadir}/icons/hicolor &>/dev/null || :
 
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Aug 26 2015 Matej Habrnal <mhabrnal@redhat.com> 2.6.2-3
+- add a helper for HTTP GET
+
 * Fri Aug 14 2015 Matej Habrnal <mhabrnal@redhat.com> 2.6.2-2
 - don't warn about missing 'type' if the locking fails
 - stop warning about corrupted mandatory files