diff --git a/legacy/ecore/AUTHORS b/legacy/ecore/AUTHORS
index 7070a97090..1ce2b42f36 100644
--- a/legacy/ecore/AUTHORS
+++ b/legacy/ecore/AUTHORS
@@ -14,3 +14,4 @@ Kim Woelders <kim@woelders.dk>
 Sebastian Dransfeld <sebastid@tango.flipp.net>
 Simon Poole <simon.armlinux@themalago.net>
 Jorge Luis Zapata Muga <jorgeluis.zapata@gmail.com>
+dan sinclair <zero@everburning.com>
diff --git a/legacy/ecore/src/lib/ecore_file/Ecore_File.h b/legacy/ecore/src/lib/ecore_file/Ecore_File.h
index 925b3b6257..541d51a2b6 100644
--- a/legacy/ecore/src/lib/ecore_file/Ecore_File.h
+++ b/legacy/ecore/src/lib/ecore_file/Ecore_File.h
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ extern "C" {
 							      const char *file,
 							      int status),
 					void *data);
+   EAPI int         ecore_file_download_protocol_available(const char *protocol);
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
diff --git a/legacy/ecore/src/lib/ecore_file/ecore_file_download.c b/legacy/ecore/src/lib/ecore_file/ecore_file_download.c
index 74f72decee..500a05121f 100644
--- a/legacy/ecore/src/lib/ecore_file/ecore_file_download.c
+++ b/legacy/ecore/src/lib/ecore_file/ecore_file_download.c
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ ecore_file_download(const char *url, const char *dst,
      }
 #ifdef HAVE_CURL
    else if ((!strncmp(url, "http://", 7)) ||
-	    (!strncmp(url, "ftp://", 7)))
+	    (!strncmp(url, "ftp://", 6)))
      {
 	/* download */
 	Ecore_File_Download_Job *job;
@@ -115,6 +115,18 @@ ecore_file_download(const char *url, const char *dst,
      }
 }
 
+int
+ecore_file_download_protocol_available(const char *protocol)
+{
+   if (!strncmp(protocol, "file://", 7)) return 1;
+#ifdef HAVE_CURL
+   else if (!strncmp(protocol, "http://", 7)) return 1;
+   else if (!strncmp(protocol, "ftp://", 6)) return 1;
+#endif
+
+   return 0;
+}
+
 #ifdef HAVE_CURL
 /*
  * FIXME: Use