diff --git a/indra/llcorehttp/_httplibcurl.cpp b/indra/llcorehttp/_httplibcurl.cpp
index abd304f6a55c5e63f91cbd6f78b9385991c79b7e..975ce8a4d5b338f0cd14377bc0aa84f96efa8026 100644
--- a/indra/llcorehttp/_httplibcurl.cpp
+++ b/indra/llcorehttp/_httplibcurl.cpp
@@ -355,7 +355,8 @@ bool HttpLibcurl::completeRequest(CURLM * multi_handle, CURL * handle, CURLcode
 	}
     if (op->mStatus)
     {
-        int http_status(HTTP_OK);
+        // note: CURLINFO_RESPONSE_CODE requires a long - https://curl.haxx.se/libcurl/c/CURLINFO_RESPONSE_CODE.html
+        long http_status(HTTP_OK);
 
         if (handle)
         {