diff --git a/packages/emulation/libretro-scummvm/patches/0003-use-curl.patch b/packages/emulation/libretro-scummvm/patches/0003-use-curl.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..28110031ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/emulation/libretro-scummvm/patches/0003-use-curl.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+--- a/backends/platform/libretro/scripts/bundle_datafiles.sh	2024-02-12 22:13:53.000000000 +0000
++++ b/backends/platform/libretro/scripts/bundle_datafiles.sh	2024-10-20 11:20:58.695910358 +0000
+@@ -108,7 +108,12 @@
+ if [ ! $3 = "bundle" ]; then
+ 
+ # Update from libretro ScummVM.dat
+-wget -NO "$BUILD_PATH"/ScummVM.dat https://raw.githubusercontent.com/libretro/libretro-database/master/dat/ScummVM.dat
++if command -v wget >/dev/null; then
++  wget -NO "$BUILD_PATH"/ScummVM.dat https://raw.githubusercontent.com/libretro/libretro-database/master/dat/ScummVM.dat
++else
++  # if wget is not available use curl
++  curl -f -o "$BUILD_PATH"/ScummVM.dat https://raw.githubusercontent.com/libretro/libretro-database/master/dat/ScummVM.dat
++fi
+ [ -f "$BUILD_PATH"/ScummVM.dat ] && SUPPORTED_EXTENSIONS="$(cat $BUILD_PATH/ScummVM.dat | grep 'rom (' | sed -e 's/\" .*//g' -e 's/.*\.//g' | sort -u | tr '\n' '|')" || SUPPORTED_EXTENSIONS="$ALLOWED_EXT"
+ 
+ 	# Create core.info file