diff --git a/Utilities/cmcurl/CMake/CurlTests.c b/Utilities/cmcurl/CMake/CurlTests.c
index 61278ea1f..fed389457 100644
--- a/Utilities/cmcurl/CMake/CurlTests.c
+++ b/Utilities/cmcurl/CMake/CurlTests.c
@@ -521,15 +521,3 @@ main () {
     return 0;
 }
 #endif
-#ifdef HAVE_LONG_LONG_CONSTANT
-int main()
-{
-  long long c = 0x8000000000000000LL;
-  long long k = 0x7FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFLL;
-  if ( c == 0x8000000000000000LL && c != k )
-    {
-    return 0;
-    }
-  return 1;
-}
-#endif
diff --git a/Utilities/cmcurl/CMake/OtherTests.cmake b/Utilities/cmcurl/CMake/OtherTests.cmake
index ec3ed0937..953337c7d 100644
--- a/Utilities/cmcurl/CMake/OtherTests.cmake
+++ b/Utilities/cmcurl/CMake/OtherTests.cmake
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ INCLUDE(CheckCSourceCompiles)
 SET(EXTRA_DEFINES "__unused1\n#undef inline\n#define __unused2")
 SET(HEADER_INCLUDES)
 SET(headers_hack)
+
 MACRO(add_header_include check header)
   IF(${check})
     SET(headers_hack
@@ -11,6 +12,7 @@ MACRO(add_header_include check header)
     #  "${header}")
   ENDIF(${check})
 ENDMACRO(add_header_include)
+
 SET(signature_call_conv)
 IF(HAVE_WINDOWS_H)
   add_header_include(HAVE_WINDOWS_H "windows.h")
@@ -164,6 +166,7 @@ CHECK_C_SOURCE_COMPILES("int flag = MSG_NOSIGNAL" HAVE_MSG_NOSIGNAL)
 SET(EXTRA_DEFINES "__unused1\n#undef inline\n#define __unused2")
 SET(HEADER_INCLUDES)
 SET(headers_hack)
+
 MACRO(add_header_include check header)
   IF(${check})
     SET(headers_hack
@@ -173,6 +176,7 @@ MACRO(add_header_include check header)
     #  "${header}")
   ENDIF(${check})
 ENDMACRO(add_header_include header)
+
 IF(HAVE_WINDOWS_H)
   SET(EXTRA_DEFINES ${EXTRA_DEFINES}
     "__unused7\n#ifndef WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN\n#define WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN\n#endif\n#define __unused3")
@@ -238,6 +242,7 @@ ELSE(HAVE_WINDOWS_H)
       "arpa/inet.h")
   ENDIF(HAVE_ARPA_INET_H)
 ENDIF(HAVE_WINDOWS_H)
+
 CHECK_TYPE_SIZE("struct sockaddr_storage" SIZEOF_STRUCT_SOCKADDR_STORAGE)
 IF(HAVE_SIZEOF_STRUCT_SOCKADDR_STORAGE)
   SET(HAVE_STRUCT_SOCKADDR_STORAGE 1)
diff --git a/Utilities/cmcurl/CMakeLists.txt b/Utilities/cmcurl/CMakeLists.txt
index 09a575f6d..573ac8567 100644
--- a/Utilities/cmcurl/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Utilities/cmcurl/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -35,7 +35,13 @@ INCLUDE (CheckIncludeFile)
 INCLUDE (CheckIncludeFiles)
 INCLUDE (CheckLibraryExists)
 INCLUDE (CheckSymbolExists)
-INCLUDE (CheckTypeSize)
+# if crosscompiling is on, the CHECK_TYPE_SIZE macro coming with cmake uses
+# TRY_COMPILE instead of TRY_RUN which makes crosscompiling easier, Alex
+IF(CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING)  
+  INCLUDE ("${CMAKE_ROOT}/Modules/CheckTypeSize.cmake")
+ELSE(CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING)
+  INCLUDE (CheckTypeSize)
+ENDIF(CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING)
 
 SET(libCurl_SRCS
   #  amigaos.c - does not build on AmigaOS
@@ -491,6 +497,7 @@ MACRO(CURL_INTERNAL_TEST CURL_TEST)
     ENDIF(${CURL_TEST})
   ENDIF("${CURL_TEST}" MATCHES "^${CURL_TEST}$")
 ENDMACRO(CURL_INTERNAL_TEST) 
+
 MACRO(CURL_INTERNAL_TEST_RUN CURL_TEST)
   IF("${CURL_TEST}_COMPILE" MATCHES "^${CURL_TEST}_COMPILE$")
     SET(MACRO_CHECK_FUNCTION_DEFINITIONS 
@@ -572,7 +579,6 @@ ENDIF(HAVE_FILE_OFFSET_BITS)
 FOREACH(CURL_TEST 
     HAVE_GLIBC_STRERROR_R
     HAVE_POSIX_STRERROR_R
-    HAVE_LONG_LONG_CONSTANT
     )
   CURL_INTERNAL_TEST_RUN(${CURL_TEST})
 ENDFOREACH(CURL_TEST)