diff --git a/android/CMakeLists.txt b/android/CMakeLists.txt
index 1d15cd9..04daf4a 100644
--- a/android/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/android/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ target_include_directories(native-lib PRIVATE
 	../libs/tinyxml2
 	../libs/yoga
 	../libs/stb
+	../libs/curl/android/include
 )
 
 # add lib dependencies
@@ -53,7 +54,9 @@ target_link_libraries(
 	native-lib
 	android
 	app-glue
+	${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/../libs/curl/android/armeabi-v7a/libcurl.a
 	EGL
 	GLESv3
 	log
+	z
 )
diff --git a/android/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml b/android/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
index 413a44f..6b366e4 100644
--- a/android/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/android/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
       package="com.omigamedev"
       android:versionCode="1"
       android:versionName="1.0">
+    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" /> 
     <application android:label="@string/app_name" 
                  android:icon="@drawable/ic_launcher"
                  android:allowBackup="false"
diff --git a/android/src/main/cpp/main.cpp b/android/src/main/cpp/main.cpp
index 50a6049..6dfcdfd 100755
--- a/android/src/main/cpp/main.cpp
+++ b/android/src/main/cpp/main.cpp
@@ -289,12 +289,46 @@ static void engine_handle_cmd(struct android_app* app, int32_t cmd) {
  * android_native_app_glue.  It runs in its own thread, with its own
  * event loop for receiving input events and doing other things.
  */
+#include <curl/curl.h>
+static size_t WriteCallback(void *contents, size_t size, size_t nmemb, void *userp)
+{
+    ((std::string*)userp)->append((char*)contents, size * nmemb);
+    LOG("READ SOMETHIND");
+    return size * nmemb;
+}
+int curl_test()
+{
+  CURL *curl;
+  CURLcode res;
+  std::string readBuffer;
+
+  curl = curl_easy_init();
+  if(curl) {
+    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "http://www.google.com");
+    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_WRITEFUNCTION, WriteCallback);
+    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_WRITEDATA, &readBuffer);
+    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, 1L);
+    res = curl_easy_perform(curl);
+    curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
+
+    LOG("READ: %s", readBuffer.c_str());
+  }
+  else
+  {
+    LOG("READ FAILED");
+  }
+  return 0;
+}
 void android_main(struct android_app* state) {
     struct engine engine;
 
     // Make sure glue isn't stripped.
     app_dummy();
 
+    LOG("NETWORK TESTING...");
+    curl_test();
+    LOG("NETWORK TESTED");
+
     memset(&engine, 0, sizeof(engine));
     state->userData = &engine;
     state->onAppCmd = engine_handle_cmd;