diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index b11b87830a9..afd39b7dded 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ PHP                                                                        NEWS
 
 - CURL:
   . Implemented FR #77711 (CURLFile should support UNICODE filenames). (cmb)
+  . Fixed bug #79033 (Curl timeout error with specific url and post). (cmb)
 
 - Fileinfo:
   . Fixed bug #74170 (locale information change after mime_content_type).
diff --git a/ext/curl/interface.c b/ext/curl/interface.c
index 313743b62b6..0772b3a5222 100644
--- a/ext/curl/interface.c
+++ b/ext/curl/interface.c
@@ -2804,7 +2804,7 @@ static int _php_curl_setopt(php_curl *ch, zend_long option, zval *zvalue) /* {{{
 				zend_string *string_key;
 				zend_ulong  num_key;
 #if LIBCURL_VERSION_NUM >= 0x073800 /* 7.56.0 */
-				curl_mime *mime;
+				curl_mime *mime = NULL;
 				curl_mimepart *part;
 				CURLcode form_error;
 #else
@@ -2819,9 +2819,11 @@ static int _php_curl_setopt(php_curl *ch, zend_long option, zval *zvalue) /* {{{
 				}
 
 #if LIBCURL_VERSION_NUM >= 0x073800 /* 7.56.0 */
-				mime = curl_mime_init(ch->cp);
-				if (mime == NULL) {
-					return FAILURE;
+				if (zend_hash_num_elements(postfields) > 0) {
+					mime = curl_mime_init(ch->cp);
+					if (mime == NULL) {
+						return FAILURE;
+					}
 				}
 #endif
 
diff --git a/ext/curl/tests/bug79033.phpt b/ext/curl/tests/bug79033.phpt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..98a97ed7a40
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ext/curl/tests/bug79033.phpt
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+--TEST--
+Bug #79033 (Curl timeout error with specific url and post)
+--SKIPIF--
+<?php include 'skipif.inc'; ?>
+--FILE--
+<?php
+include 'server.inc';
+$host = curl_cli_server_start();
+$ch = curl_init();
+curl_setopt_array($ch, [
+	CURLOPT_URL => "{$host}/get.inc?test=post",
+	CURLOPT_POST => true,
+    CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => [],
+    CURLINFO_HEADER_OUT => true,
+	CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
+]);
+var_dump(curl_exec($ch));
+var_dump(curl_getinfo($ch)["request_header"]);
+?>
+--EXPECTF--
+string(%d) "array(0) {
+}
+"
+string(90) "POST /get.inc?test=post HTTP/1.1
+Host: localhost:%d
+Accept: */*
+Content-Length: 0
+
+"