diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index d07d010..3324855 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -163,6 +163,25 @@ IF(WITH_ZLIB)
 	SET(SWORD_LINK_LIBRARIES ${SWORD_LINK_LIBRARIES} ${ZLIB_LIBRARY})
 ENDIF(WITH_ZLIB)
 IF(WITH_CURL)
+	FIND_PROGRAM(CURL_CONFIG curl-config
+		DOC "The curl-config executable path, used to determine SFTP support.")
+	# If we can find the config script, we will run it and attempt to parse out the
+	# availability of SFTP support. Otherwise, we will assume the library was built
+	# without it.
+	IF(CURL_CONFIG)
+		EXECUTE_PROCESS(
+			COMMAND ${CURL_CONFIG} --protocols
+			COMMAND grep SFTP
+			COMMAND wc -l
+			OUTPUT_VARIABLE CURL_CONFIG_OUTPUT
+			OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE)
+		IF(CURL_CONFIG_OUTPUT STREQUAL "1")
+			ADD_DEFINITIONS(-DCURLSFTPAVAILABLE)
+			MESSAGE(STATUS "cURL SFTP Support: Yes")
+		ELSE(CURL_CONFIG_OUTPUT STREQUAL "1")
+			MESSAGE(STATUS "cURL SFTP Support: No")
+		ENDIF(CURL_CONFIG_OUTPUT STREQUAL "1")
+	ENDIF(CURL_CONFIG)
 	INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES(${CURL_INCLUDE_DIRS})
 	SET(SWORD_LINK_LIBRARIES ${SWORD_LINK_LIBRARIES} ${CURL_LIBRARY})
 ENDIF(WITH_CURL)
diff --git a/src/mgr/installmgr.cpp b/src/mgr/installmgr.cpp
index c1ddd1b..1d31ffe 100644
--- a/src/mgr/installmgr.cpp
+++ b/src/mgr/installmgr.cpp
@@ -159,6 +159,20 @@ void InstallMgr::readInstallConf() {
 			is->localShadow = (SWBuf)privatePath + "/" + is->uid;
 			sourceBegin++;
 		}
+
+#ifdef CURLSFTPAVAILABLE
+		sourceBegin = confSection->second.lower_bound("SFTPSource");
+		sourceEnd   = confSection->second.upper_bound("SFTPSource");
+
+		while (sourceBegin != sourceEnd) {
+			InstallSource *is = new InstallSource("SFTP", sourceBegin->second.c_str());
+			sources[is->caption] = is;
+			SWBuf parent = (SWBuf)privatePath + "/" + is->uid + "/file";
+			FileMgr::createParent(parent.c_str());
+			is->localShadow = (SWBuf)privatePath + "/" + is->uid;
+			sourceBegin++;
+		}
+#endif // CURLSFTPAVAILABLE
 		sourceBegin = confSection->second.lower_bound("HTTPSource");
 		sourceEnd = confSection->second.upper_bound("HTTPSource");
 
@@ -291,7 +305,11 @@ SWLog::getSystemLog()->logDebug("netCopy: %s, %s, %s, %c, %s", (is?is->source.c_
 
 	int retVal = 0;
 	FTPTransport *trans = 0;
-	if (is->type == "FTP") {
+	if (is->type == "FTP" 
+#ifdef CURLSFTPAVAILABLE
+		|| is->type == "SFTP"
+#endif
+		) {
 		trans = createFTPTransport(is->source, statusReporter);
 		trans->setPassive(passive);
 	}
@@ -315,6 +333,11 @@ SWLog::getSystemLog()->logDebug("netCopy: %s, %s, %s, %c, %s", (is?is->source.c_
 	else if (is->type == "HTTPS") {
 		urlPrefix = (SWBuf) "https://";
 	}
+#ifdef CURLSFTPAVAILABLE
+	else if (is->type == "SFTP") {
+		urlPrefix = (SWBuf) "sftp://";
+	}
+#endif
 	else {
 		urlPrefix = (SWBuf) "ftp://";
 	}