diff --git a/include/functions.php b/include/functions.php
index 7c98055a6..38ccfe8ac 100644
--- a/include/functions.php
+++ b/include/functions.php
@@ -378,7 +378,10 @@
 			curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_USERAGENT, SELF_USER_AGENT);
 			curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_ENCODING, "");
 			curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_REFERER, $url);
-			curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_COOKIEJAR, "/dev/null");
+
+			if (!ini_get("safe_mode") && !ini_get("open_basedir")) {
+				curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_COOKIEJAR, "/dev/null");
+			}
 
 			if (defined('_CURL_HTTP_PROXY')) {
 				curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_PROXY, _CURL_HTTP_PROXY);