Index: rtorrent/src/core/curl_get.cc
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--- rtorrent/src/core/curl_get.cc	(revision 867)
+++ rtorrent/src/core/curl_get.cc	(working copy)
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@
   curl_easy_setopt(m_handle, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, 1);
   curl_easy_setopt(m_handle, CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS,      5);
   curl_easy_setopt(m_handle, CURLOPT_IPRESOLVE,      CURL_IPRESOLVE_V4);
+  curl_easy_setopt(m_handle, CURLOPT_ENCODING,       "");
 
   m_stack->add_get(this);
 }