diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/dependency_collector.rb b/Library/Homebrew/dependency_collector.rb
index 9a418a1c2e..bdd8a463d3 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/dependency_collector.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/dependency_collector.rb
@@ -63,6 +63,10 @@ class DependencyCollector
     Dependency.new("git", tags)
   end
 
+  def brewed_curl_dep_if_needed(tags)
+    Dependency.new("curl", tags)
+  end
+
   def subversion_dep_if_needed(tags)
     return if Utils::Svn.available?
 
@@ -139,7 +143,10 @@ class DependencyCollector
     tags << :build << :test
     strategy = spec.download_strategy
 
-    if strategy <= CurlDownloadStrategy
+    if strategy <= HomebrewCurlDownloadStrategy
+      brewed_curl_dep_if_needed(tags)
+      parse_url_spec(spec.url, tags)
+    elsif strategy <= CurlDownloadStrategy
       parse_url_spec(spec.url, tags)
     elsif strategy <= GitDownloadStrategy
       git_dep_if_needed(tags)
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/download_strategy.rb b/Library/Homebrew/download_strategy.rb
index e3abf6f321..5659934f3b 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/download_strategy.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/download_strategy.rb
@@ -524,7 +524,11 @@ class CurlDownloadStrategy < AbstractFileDownloadStrategy
       raise CurlDownloadStrategyError, url
     end
 
-    curl_download resolved_url, to: temporary_path, timeout: timeout
+    _curl_download resolved_url, temporary_path, timeout
+  end
+
+  def _curl_download(resolved_url, to, timeout)
+    curl_download resolved_url, to: to, timeout: timeout
   end
 
   # Curl options to be always passed to curl,
@@ -559,6 +563,19 @@ class CurlDownloadStrategy < AbstractFileDownloadStrategy
   end
 end
 
+# Strategy for downloading a file using homebrew's curl.
+#
+# @api public
+class HomebrewCurlDownloadStrategy < CurlDownloadStrategy
+  private
+
+  def _curl_download(resolved_url, to, timeout)
+    raise HomebrewCurlDownloadStrategyError, url unless Formula["curl"].any_version_installed?
+
+    curl_download resolved_url, to: to, timeout: timeout, use_homebrew_curl: true
+  end
+end
+
 # Strategy for downloading a file from an GitHub Packages URL.
 #
 # @api public
@@ -1368,6 +1385,7 @@ class DownloadStrategyDetector
     when :bzr                    then BazaarDownloadStrategy
     when :svn                    then SubversionDownloadStrategy
     when :curl                   then CurlDownloadStrategy
+    when :homebrew_curl          then HomebrewCurlDownloadStrategy
     when :cvs                    then CVSDownloadStrategy
     when :post                   then CurlPostDownloadStrategy
     when :fossil                 then FossilDownloadStrategy
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/exceptions.rb b/Library/Homebrew/exceptions.rb
index 0c64230035..b8c5d4c622 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/exceptions.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/exceptions.rb
@@ -602,6 +602,13 @@ class CurlDownloadStrategyError < RuntimeError
   end
 end
 
+# Raised in {HomebrewCurlDownloadStrategy#fetch}.
+class HomebrewCurlDownloadStrategyError < CurlDownloadStrategyError
+  def initialize(url)
+    super "Homebrew-installed `curl` is not installed for: #{url}"
+  end
+end
+
 # Raised by {Kernel#safe_system} in `utils.rb`.
 class ErrorDuringExecution < RuntimeError
   extend T::Sig
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/formula_auditor.rb b/Library/Homebrew/formula_auditor.rb
index 9a1eb5def5..277f2fdf4a 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/formula_auditor.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/formula_auditor.rb
@@ -531,7 +531,8 @@ module Homebrew
 
         ra = ResourceAuditor.new(
           spec, spec_name,
-          online: @online, strict: @strict, only: @only, except: except
+          online: @online, strict: @strict, only: @only, except: except,
+          use_homebrew_curl: spec.using == :homebrew_curl
         ).audit
         ra.problems.each do |message|
           problem "#{name}: #{message}"
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/resource_auditor.rb b/Library/Homebrew/resource_auditor.rb
index 39c348a7ea..967815bf06 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/resource_auditor.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/resource_auditor.rb
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@ module Homebrew
       @strict    = options[:strict]
       @only      = options[:only]
       @except    = options[:except]
-      @problems  = []
+      @use_homebrew_curl = options[:use_homebrew_curl]
+      @problems = []
     end
 
     def audit
@@ -110,7 +111,14 @@ module Homebrew
 
         strategy = DownloadStrategyDetector.detect(url, using)
         if strategy <= CurlDownloadStrategy && !url.start_with?("file")
-          if (http_content_problem = curl_check_http_content(url, "source URL", specs: specs))
+
+          raise HomebrewCurlDownloadStrategyError, url if
+            strategy <= HomebrewCurlDownloadStrategy && !Formula["curl"].any_version_installed?
+
+          if (http_content_problem = curl_check_http_content(url,
+                                                             "source URL",
+                                                             specs:             specs,
+                                                             use_homebrew_curl: @use_homebrew_curl))
             problem http_content_problem
           end
         elsif strategy <= GitDownloadStrategy
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/utils/curl.rb b/Library/Homebrew/utils/curl.rb
index 517875628c..2241e1687f 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/utils/curl.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/utils/curl.rb
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ module Utils
 
     module_function
 
-    def curl_executable
+    def curl_executable(use_homebrew_curl: false)
+      return Formula["curl"].opt_bin/"curl" if use_homebrew_curl
+
       @curl ||= [
         ENV["HOMEBREW_CURL"],
         which("curl"),
@@ -63,7 +65,8 @@ module Utils
 
     def curl_with_workarounds(
       *args,
-      secrets: nil, print_stdout: nil, print_stderr: nil, debug: nil, verbose: nil, env: {}, timeout: nil, **options
+      secrets: nil, print_stdout: nil, print_stderr: nil, debug: nil,
+      verbose: nil, env: {}, timeout: nil, use_homebrew_curl: false, **options
     )
       end_time = Time.now + timeout if timeout
 
@@ -77,7 +80,7 @@ module Utils
 
       # SSL_CERT_FILE can be incorrectly set by users or portable-ruby and screw
       # with SSL downloads so unset it here.
-      result = system_command curl_executable,
+      result = system_command curl_executable(use_homebrew_curl: use_homebrew_curl),
                               args:    curl_args(*args, **options),
                               env:     { "SSL_CERT_FILE" => nil }.merge(env),
                               timeout: end_time&.remaining,
@@ -173,7 +176,7 @@ module Utils
     end
 
     def curl_check_http_content(url, url_type, specs: {}, user_agents: [:default],
-                                check_content: false, strict: false)
+                                check_content: false, strict: false, use_homebrew_curl: false)
       return unless url.start_with? "http"
 
       secure_url = url.sub(/\Ahttp:/, "https:")
@@ -183,7 +186,7 @@ module Utils
         user_agents.each do |user_agent|
           secure_details = begin
             curl_http_content_headers_and_checksum(secure_url, specs: specs, hash_needed: true,
-                                                   user_agent: user_agent)
+                                                   user_agent: user_agent, use_homebrew_curl: use_homebrew_curl)
           rescue Timeout::Error
             next
           end
@@ -199,7 +202,8 @@ module Utils
       details = nil
       user_agents.each do |user_agent|
         details =
-          curl_http_content_headers_and_checksum(url, specs: specs, hash_needed: hash_needed, user_agent: user_agent)
+          curl_http_content_headers_and_checksum(url, specs: specs, hash_needed: hash_needed,
+                                                 user_agent: user_agent, use_homebrew_curl: use_homebrew_curl)
         break if http_status_ok?(details[:status])
       end
 
@@ -264,7 +268,8 @@ module Utils
       "The #{url_type} #{url} may be able to use HTTPS rather than HTTP. Please verify it in a browser."
     end
 
-    def curl_http_content_headers_and_checksum(url, specs: {}, hash_needed: false, user_agent: :default)
+    def curl_http_content_headers_and_checksum(url, specs: {}, hash_needed: false,
+                                               user_agent: :default, use_homebrew_curl: false)
       file = Tempfile.new.tap(&:close)
 
       specs = specs.flat_map { |option, argument| ["--#{option.to_s.tr("_", "-")}", argument] }
@@ -272,7 +277,7 @@ module Utils
       output, _, status = curl_output(
         *specs, "--dump-header", "-", "--output", file.path, "--location",
         "--connect-timeout", "15", "--max-time", max_time, "--retry-max-time", max_time, url,
-        user_agent: user_agent
+        user_agent: user_agent, use_homebrew_curl: use_homebrew_curl
       )
 
       status_code = :unknown