diff --git a/code/nel/include/nel/gui/group_html.h b/code/nel/include/nel/gui/group_html.h
index 675d2c20e..bdec4009e 100644
--- a/code/nel/include/nel/gui/group_html.h
+++ b/code/nel/include/nel/gui/group_html.h
@@ -64,8 +64,10 @@ namespace NLGUI
 			std::string languageCode;
 			/// List of domains the widget can consider secure.
 			std::vector< std::string > trustedDomains;
+			/// Maximum concurrent MultiCurl connections per CGroupHTML instance
+			sint32 curlMaxConnections;
 
-			SWebOptions()
+			SWebOptions(): curlMaxConnections(2)
 			{
 			}
 		};
diff --git a/code/nel/src/gui/group_html.cpp b/code/nel/src/gui/group_html.cpp
index f2df454cb..f2d3f826b 100644
--- a/code/nel/src/gui/group_html.cpp
+++ b/code/nel/src/gui/group_html.cpp
@@ -2090,6 +2090,11 @@ namespace NLGUI
 		clearContext();
 
 		MultiCurl = curl_multi_init();
+		if (MultiCurl)
+		{
+			curl_multi_setopt(MultiCurl, CURLMOPT_MAX_HOST_CONNECTIONS, options.curlMaxConnections);
+			curl_multi_setopt(MultiCurl, CURLMOPT_PIPELINING, 1);
+		}
 		RunningCurls = 0;
 		_CurlWWW = NULL;
 
diff --git a/code/ryzom/client/src/client_cfg.cpp b/code/ryzom/client/src/client_cfg.cpp
index bfce130f3..59db73dc9 100644
--- a/code/ryzom/client/src/client_cfg.cpp
+++ b/code/ryzom/client/src/client_cfg.cpp
@@ -429,6 +429,8 @@ CClientConfig::CClientConfig()
 	WebIgMainDomain = "atys.ryzom.com";
 	WebIgTrustedDomains.push_back(WebIgMainDomain);
 
+	CurlMaxConnections = 2;
+
 	RingReleaseNotePath = "http://" + WebIgMainDomain + "/releasenotes_ring/index.php";
 	ReleaseNotePath = "http://" + WebIgMainDomain + "/releasenotes/index.php";
 
@@ -1059,6 +1061,9 @@ void CClientConfig::setValues()
 	// WEBIG //
 	READ_STRING_FV(WebIgMainDomain);
 	READ_STRINGVECTOR_FV(WebIgTrustedDomains);
+	READ_INT_FV(CurlMaxConnections);
+	if (ClientCfg.CurlMaxConnections < 0)
+		ClientCfg.CurlMaxConnections = 2;
 
 	///////////////
 	// ANIMATION //
diff --git a/code/ryzom/client/src/client_cfg.h b/code/ryzom/client/src/client_cfg.h
index 7d7f1c65d..41b716d2d 100644
--- a/code/ryzom/client/src/client_cfg.h
+++ b/code/ryzom/client/src/client_cfg.h
@@ -304,6 +304,7 @@ struct CClientConfig
 	std::string		WebIgMainDomain;
 	std::vector<string>	WebIgTrustedDomains;
 
+	sint32			CurlMaxConnections;
 
 	///////////////
 	// ANIMATION //
diff --git a/code/ryzom/client/src/interface_v3/interface_manager.cpp b/code/ryzom/client/src/interface_v3/interface_manager.cpp
index 29833d4ff..144b6286f 100644
--- a/code/ryzom/client/src/interface_v3/interface_manager.cpp
+++ b/code/ryzom/client/src/interface_v3/interface_manager.cpp
@@ -469,6 +469,7 @@ CInterfaceManager::CInterfaceManager()
 	CGroupHTML::options.languageCode = ClientCfg.getHtmlLanguageCode();
 	CGroupHTML::options.appName = getUserAgentName();
 	CGroupHTML::options.appVersion = getUserAgentVersion();
+	CGroupHTML::options.curlMaxConnections = ClientCfg.CurlMaxConnections;
 
 	NLGUI::CDBManager::getInstance()->resizeBanks( NB_CDB_BANKS );
 	interfaceLinkUpdater = new CInterfaceLink::CInterfaceLinkUpdater();