diff --git a/apps/files_external/lib/config.php b/apps/files_external/lib/config.php
index 01462cb6f8522d62500adeb7288303896d29df2b..4cb9b7c8ecdc4751b24a3828a5b9b1bd769a740c 100755
--- a/apps/files_external/lib/config.php
+++ b/apps/files_external/lib/config.php
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ class OC_Mount_Config {
 				'root' => '&Root',
 				'secure' => '!Secure ftps://'));
 
-		$backends['\OC\Files\Storage\Google']=array(
+		if(OC_Mount_Config::checkcurl()) $backends['\OC\Files\Storage\Google']=array(
 			'backend' => 'Google Drive',
 			'configuration' => array(
 				'configured' => '#configured',
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ class OC_Mount_Config {
 				'share' => 'Share',
 				'root' => '&Root'));
 
-		$backends['\OC\Files\Storage\DAV']=array(
+		if(OC_Mount_Config::checkcurl()) $backends['\OC\Files\Storage\DAV']=array(
 			'backend' => 'ownCloud / WebDAV',
 			'configuration' => array(
 				'host' => 'URL',
@@ -414,6 +414,13 @@ class OC_Mount_Config {
 		}
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * check if curl is installed
+	 */
+	public static function checkcurl() {
+		return (function_exists('curl_init'));
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * check dependencies
 	 */
@@ -426,6 +433,9 @@ class OC_Mount_Config {
 		if(!OC_Mount_Config::checkphpftp()) {
 			$txt.=$l->t('<b>Warning:</b> The FTP support in PHP is not enabled or installed. Mounting of FTP shares is not possible. Please ask your system administrator to install it.').'<br />';
 		}
+		if(!OC_Mount_Config::checkcurl()) {
+			$txt.=$l->t('<b>Warning:</b> The Curl support in PHP is not enabled or installed. Mounting of ownCloud / WebDAV or GoogleDrive is not possible. Please ask your system administrator to install it.').'<br />';
+		}
 
 		return($txt);
 	}