--- a/src/core/core-url.c
+++ b/src/core/core-url.c
@@ -1337,8 +1337,9 @@
  */
 
 int
-weeurl_download (const char *url, struct t_hashtable *options,
-                 struct t_hashtable *output)
+weeurl_download_internal (const char *url, struct t_hashtable *options,
+                 struct t_hashtable *output, void (thread_testcancel_func)(void *args),
+                 void *thread_test_cancel_args)
 {
     CURL *curl;
     struct t_url_file url_file[2];
@@ -1374,7 +1375,9 @@
         goto end;
     }
 
+    if (thread_testcancel_func != NULL) thread_testcancel_func (thread_test_cancel_args);
     curl = curl_easy_init ();
+    if (thread_testcancel_func != NULL) thread_testcancel_func (thread_test_cancel_args);
     if (!curl)
     {
         snprintf (url_error, sizeof (url_error), "%s", _("not enough memory"));
@@ -1452,7 +1455,9 @@
     curl_easy_setopt (curl, CURLOPT_ERRORBUFFER, url_error);
 
     /* perform action! */
+    if (thread_testcancel_func != NULL) thread_testcancel_func (thread_test_cancel_args);
     curl_rc = curl_easy_perform (curl);
+    if (thread_testcancel_func != NULL) thread_testcancel_func (thread_test_cancel_args);
     if (curl_rc == CURLE_OK)
     {
         if (output)
@@ -1516,6 +1521,13 @@
     return rc;
 }
 
+int
+weeurl_download (const char *url, struct t_hashtable *options,
+                 struct t_hashtable *output)
+{
+    return weeurl_download_internal (url, options, output, NULL, NULL);
+}
+
 /*
  * Adds an URL option in an infolist.
  *