diff --git a/python/ql/lib/semmle/python/frameworks/Pycurl.qll b/python/ql/lib/semmle/python/frameworks/Pycurl.qll
index 4317cfb7eca..10e534821b6 100644
--- a/python/ql/lib/semmle/python/frameworks/Pycurl.qll
+++ b/python/ql/lib/semmle/python/frameworks/Pycurl.qll
@@ -9,15 +9,18 @@
 private import python
 private import semmle.python.Concepts
 private import semmle.python.ApiGraphs
+private import semmle.python.frameworks.data.ModelsAsData
 
 /**
+ * INTERNAL: Do not use.
+ *
  * Provides models for the `pycurl` PyPI package.
  *
  * See
  * - https://pypi.org/project/pycurl/
  * - https://pycurl.io/docs/latest/
  */
-private module Pycurl {
+module Pycurl {
   /**
    * Provides models for the `pycurl.Curl` class
    *
@@ -25,7 +28,11 @@ private module Pycurl {
    */
   module Curl {
     /** Gets a reference to the `pycurl.Curl` class. */
-    private API::Node classRef() { result = API::moduleImport("pycurl").getMember("Curl") }
+    API::Node classRef() {
+      result = API::moduleImport("pycurl").getMember("Curl")
+      or
+      result = ModelOutput::getATypeNode("pycurl.Curl~Subclass").getASubclass*()
+    }
 
     /** Gets a reference to an instance of `pycurl.Curl`. */
     private API::Node instance() { result = classRef().getReturn() }
diff --git a/python/ql/src/meta/ClassHierarchy/Find.ql b/python/ql/src/meta/ClassHierarchy/Find.ql
index 173a111d7fb..4e50176d982 100644
--- a/python/ql/src/meta/ClassHierarchy/Find.ql
+++ b/python/ql/src/meta/ClassHierarchy/Find.ql
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ private import semmle.python.frameworks.Httpx
 private import semmle.python.frameworks.Invoke
 private import semmle.python.frameworks.MarkupSafe
 private import semmle.python.frameworks.Multidict
+private import semmle.python.frameworks.Pycurl
 import semmle.python.frameworks.data.internal.ApiGraphModelsExtensions as Extensions
 
 class FlaskViewClasses extends FindSubclassesSpec {
@@ -317,6 +318,12 @@ class Multidict extends FindSubclassesSpec {
   override API::Node getAlreadyModeledClass() { result = Multidict::MultiDictProxy::classRef() }
 }
 
+class PyCurl extends FindSubclassesSpec {
+  PyCurl() { this = "pycurl.Curl~Subclass" }
+
+  override API::Node getAlreadyModeledClass() { result = Pycurl::Curl::classRef() }
+}
+
 bindingset[fullyQualified]
 predicate fullyQualifiedToYamlFormat(string fullyQualified, string type2, string path) {
   exists(int firstDot | firstDot = fullyQualified.indexOf(".", 0, 0) |