diff --git a/Command/ImportFeed.hs b/Command/ImportFeed.hs
index b60627cfed..ed3c3bcd30 100644
--- a/Command/ImportFeed.hs
+++ b/Command/ImportFeed.hs
@@ -150,9 +150,9 @@ downloadFeed url = do
 	showOutput
 	uo <- Url.getUrlOptions
 	liftIO $ withTmpFile "feed" $ \f h -> do
-		fileEncoding h
+		hClose h
 		ifM (Url.download url f uo)
-			( parseFeedString <$> hGetContentsStrict h
+			( parseFeedString <$> readFileStrictAnyEncoding f
 			, return Nothing
 			)
 
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 9ef48e01f4..3c4f0d1bbe 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ git-annex (5.20150406.2) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
     commit.
   * info: Display repository mode: bare when in a bare (non-direct mode)
     repo.
+  * importfeed: Fix feed download when curl is used.
 
  -- Joey Hess <id@joeyh.name>  Mon, 06 Apr 2015 20:14:20 -0400