diff --git a/runloop_data.c b/runloop_data.c
index 7852660bf3..6761e02fb2 100644
--- a/runloop_data.c
+++ b/runloop_data.c
@@ -117,9 +117,6 @@ bool rarch_main_data_active(data_runloop_t *runloop)
 {
    bool                  active = false;
    driver_t             *driver = driver_get_ptr();
-#ifdef HAVE_NETWORKING
-   http_handle_t          *http = runloop ? &runloop->http : NULL;
-#endif
 #ifdef HAVE_LIBRETRODB
    database_info_handle_t   *db = runloop ? runloop->db.handle : NULL;
    if (db && db->status != DATABASE_STATUS_NONE)
@@ -137,9 +134,9 @@ bool rarch_main_data_active(data_runloop_t *runloop)
    if (rarch_main_data_nbio_get_handle())
       active = true;
 #ifdef HAVE_NETWORKING
-   if (http && http->handle != NULL)
+   if (rarch_main_data_http_get_handle())
       active = true;
-   if (http && http->connection.handle != NULL)
+   if (rarch_main_data_http_conn_get_handle())
       active = true;
 #endif
 
@@ -288,6 +285,7 @@ void rarch_main_data_clear_state(void)
       return;
 
    rarch_main_data_nbio_init();
+   rarch_main_data_http_init();
 }
 
 
diff --git a/runloop_data.h b/runloop_data.h
index 707eb9a3f9..f5d7a1c28c 100644
--- a/runloop_data.h
+++ b/runloop_data.h
@@ -16,9 +16,6 @@
 #ifndef __RETROARCH_DATA_RUNLOOP_H
 #define __RETROARCH_DATA_RUNLOOP_H
 
-#include <file/nbio.h>
-#include <formats/image.h>
-#include <formats/rpng.h>
 #include <queues/message_queue.h>
 #include <retro_miscellaneous.h>
 #ifdef HAVE_THREADS
@@ -45,32 +42,6 @@ enum runloop_data_type
    DATA_TYPE_DB
 };
 
-#ifdef HAVE_NETWORKING
-enum http_status_enum
-{
-   HTTP_STATUS_POLL = 0,
-   HTTP_STATUS_CONNECTION_TRANSFER,
-   HTTP_STATUS_CONNECTION_TRANSFER_PARSE,
-   HTTP_STATUS_TRANSFER,
-   HTTP_STATUS_TRANSFER_PARSE,
-   HTTP_STATUS_TRANSFER_PARSE_FREE
-};
-
-typedef struct http_handle
-{
-   struct
-   {
-      struct http_connection_t *handle;
-      transfer_cb_t  cb;
-      char elem1[PATH_MAX_LENGTH];
-   } connection;
-   msg_queue_t *msg_queue;
-   struct http_t *handle;
-   transfer_cb_t  cb;
-   unsigned status;
-} http_handle_t;
-#endif
-
 #ifdef HAVE_LIBRETRODB
 typedef struct database_state_handle
 {
@@ -94,10 +65,6 @@ typedef struct db_handle
 
 typedef struct data_runloop
 {
-#ifdef HAVE_NETWORKING
-   http_handle_t http;
-#endif
-
 #ifdef HAVE_LIBRETRODB
    db_handle_t db;
 #endif
diff --git a/tasks/task_file_transfer.c b/tasks/task_file_transfer.c
index 175ffdccc6..f5b5800d09 100644
--- a/tasks/task_file_transfer.c
+++ b/tasks/task_file_transfer.c
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@
 
 #include <string.h>
 
+#include <file/nbio.h>
+#include <formats/image.h>
+#include <formats/rpng.h>
 #include <compat/strl.h>
 #include <retro_miscellaneous.h>
 #include <queues/message_queue.h>
diff --git a/tasks/task_http.c b/tasks/task_http.c
index 9dc0a7ddea..4db357b9f2 100644
--- a/tasks/task_http.c
+++ b/tasks/task_http.c
@@ -42,9 +42,40 @@
 
 extern char core_updater_path[PATH_MAX_LENGTH];
 
+enum http_status_enum
+{
+   HTTP_STATUS_POLL = 0,
+   HTTP_STATUS_CONNECTION_TRANSFER,
+   HTTP_STATUS_CONNECTION_TRANSFER_PARSE,
+   HTTP_STATUS_TRANSFER,
+   HTTP_STATUS_TRANSFER_PARSE,
+   HTTP_STATUS_TRANSFER_PARSE_FREE
+};
+
+typedef struct http_handle
+{
+   struct
+   {
+      struct http_connection_t *handle;
+      transfer_cb_t  cb;
+      char elem1[PATH_MAX_LENGTH];
+   } connection;
+   msg_queue_t *msg_queue;
+   struct http_t *handle;
+   transfer_cb_t  cb;
+   unsigned status;
+} http_handle_t;
+
 int cb_core_updater_list(void *data_, size_t len);
 int cb_core_content_list(void *data_, size_t len);
 
+http_handle_t *http_ptr;
+
+void *rarch_main_data_http_get_ptr(void)
+{
+   return http_ptr;
+}
+
 #ifdef HAVE_ZLIB
 static int zlib_extract_core_callback(const char *name, const char *valid_exts,
       const uint8_t *cdata, unsigned cmode, uint32_t csize, uint32_t size,
@@ -406,8 +437,7 @@ static int rarch_main_data_http_iterate_transfer(void *data)
 
 void rarch_main_data_http_iterate(bool is_thread, void *data)
 {
-   data_runloop_t *runloop = (data_runloop_t*)data;
-   http_handle_t *http = runloop ? &runloop->http : NULL;
+   http_handle_t     *http = rarch_main_data_http_get_ptr();
    if (!http)
       return;
 
@@ -437,10 +467,10 @@ void rarch_main_data_http_iterate(bool is_thread, void *data)
    }
 }
 
+
 void rarch_main_data_http_init_msg_queue(void)
 {
-   data_runloop_t *runloop = rarch_main_data_get_ptr();
-   http_handle_t     *http = runloop ? &runloop->http : NULL;
+   http_handle_t     *http = rarch_main_data_http_get_ptr();
    if (!http)
       return;
 
@@ -448,11 +478,36 @@ void rarch_main_data_http_init_msg_queue(void)
       rarch_assert(http->msg_queue       = msg_queue_new(8));
 }
 
+
 msg_queue_t *rarch_main_data_http_get_msg_queue_ptr(void)
 {
-   data_runloop_t *runloop = rarch_main_data_get_ptr();
-   http_handle_t     *http = runloop ? &runloop->http : NULL;
+   http_handle_t     *http = rarch_main_data_http_get_ptr();
    if (!http)
       return NULL;
    return http->msg_queue;
 }
+
+void *rarch_main_data_http_get_handle(void)
+{
+   http_handle_t     *http = rarch_main_data_http_get_ptr();
+   if (!http)
+      return NULL;
+   if (http->handle == NULL)
+      return NULL;
+   return http->handle;
+}
+
+void *rarch_main_data_http_conn_get_handle(void)
+{
+   http_handle_t     *http = rarch_main_data_http_get_ptr();
+   if (!http)
+      return NULL;
+   if (http->connection.handle == NULL)
+      return NULL;
+   return http->connection.handle;
+}
+
+void rarch_main_data_http_init(void)
+{
+   http_ptr              = (http_handle_t*)calloc(1, sizeof(*http_ptr));
+}
diff --git a/tasks/tasks.h b/tasks/tasks.h
index ed86fedb20..7df7d3cb1e 100644
--- a/tasks/tasks.h
+++ b/tasks/tasks.h
@@ -55,6 +55,14 @@ void rarch_main_data_http_iterate(bool is_thread,
 msg_queue_t *rarch_main_data_http_get_msg_queue_ptr(void);
 
 void rarch_main_data_http_init_msg_queue(void);
+
+void *rarch_main_data_http_get_handle(void);
+
+void *rarch_main_data_http_conn_get_handle(void);
+
+void rarch_main_data_http_init(void);
+
+void *rarch_main_data_http_get_ptr(void);
 #endif
 
 #ifdef HAVE_RPNG