diff --git a/src/httpfetch.cpp b/src/httpfetch.cpp
index 4342a8b2a..25474c725 100644
--- a/src/httpfetch.cpp
+++ b/src/httpfetch.cpp
@@ -206,6 +206,10 @@ struct HTTPFetchOngoing
 					request.timeout);
 			curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT_MS,
 					request.connect_timeout);
+
+			if (request.useragent != "")
+				curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_USERAGENT, request.useragent.c_str());
+
 			// Set up a write callback that writes to the
 			// ostringstream ongoing->oss, unless the data
 			// is to be discarded
diff --git a/src/httpfetch.h b/src/httpfetch.h
index 56a198baf..6eb01fe79 100644
--- a/src/httpfetch.h
+++ b/src/httpfetch.h
@@ -54,6 +54,9 @@ struct HTTPFetchRequest
 	// If not empty, should contain entries such as "Accept: text/html"
 	std::vector<std::string> extra_headers;
 
+	//useragent to use
+	std::string useragent;
+
 	HTTPFetchRequest()
 	{
 		url = "";
diff --git a/src/serverlist.cpp b/src/serverlist.cpp
index 7376bce99..204427f88 100644
--- a/src/serverlist.cpp
+++ b/src/serverlist.cpp
@@ -30,9 +30,8 @@ with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
 #include "log.h"
 #include "json/json.h"
 #include "convert_json.h"
-#if USE_CURL
-#include <curl/curl.h>
-#endif
+#include "httpfetch.h"
+#include "util/string.h"
 
 namespace ServerList
 {
@@ -189,11 +188,6 @@ std::string serializeJson(std::vector<ServerListSpec> serverlist)
 
 
 #if USE_CURL
-static size_t ServerAnnounceCallback(void *contents, size_t size, size_t nmemb, void *userp)
-{
-    //((std::string*)userp)->append((char*)contents, size * nmemb);
-    return size * nmemb;
-}
 void sendAnnounce(std::string action, const std::vector<std::string> & clients_names, double uptime, u32 game_time, std::string gameid, std::vector<ModSpec> mods) {
 	Json::Value server;
 	if (action.size())
@@ -235,24 +229,14 @@ void sendAnnounce(std::string action, const std::vector<std::string> & clients_n
 	}
 
 	Json::StyledWriter writer;
-	CURL *curl;
-	curl = curl_easy_init();
-	if (curl)
-	{
-		CURLcode res;
-		curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_NOSIGNAL, 1);
-		curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, (g_settings->get("serverlist_url")+std::string("/announce?json=")+curl_easy_escape(curl, writer.write( server ).c_str(), 0)).c_str());
-		curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_USERAGENT, (std::string("Minetest ")+minetest_version_hash).c_str());
-		curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_WRITEFUNCTION, ServerList::ServerAnnounceCallback);
-		//curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_WRITEDATA, &liststring);
-		curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, 1);
-		curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT, 1);
-		res = curl_easy_perform(curl);
-		if (res != CURLE_OK)
-			errorstream<<"Serverlist at url "<<g_settings->get("serverlist_url")<<" error ("<<curl_easy_strerror(res)<<")"<<std::endl;
-		curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
-	}
-
+	HTTPFetchRequest fetchrequest;
+	fetchrequest.url = g_settings->get("serverlist_url")
+		+ std::string("/announce?json=")
+		+ urlencode(writer.write(server));
+	fetchrequest.useragent = std::string("Minetest ")+minetest_version_hash;
+	fetchrequest.caller = HTTPFETCH_DISCARD;
+	fetchrequest.timeout = g_settings->getS32("curl_timeout");
+	httpfetch_async(fetchrequest);
 }
 #endif