diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 4b4d1f000e..405475194f 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ phpMyAdmin - ChangeLog
 
 4.6.6 (not yet released)
 - issue #12762 Fixed parsing of SQL with BINARY function
+- issue #12588 ReCaptcha now works without allow_url_fopen
 
 4.6.5.1 (2016-11-25)
 - issue #12735 Incorrect parameters to escapeString in Node.php
diff --git a/libraries/plugins/auth/AuthenticationCookie.php b/libraries/plugins/auth/AuthenticationCookie.php
index 40bb9a995f..9636ee658d 100644
--- a/libraries/plugins/auth/AuthenticationCookie.php
+++ b/libraries/plugins/auth/AuthenticationCookie.php
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ use PMA\libraries\Message;
 use PMA\libraries\plugins\AuthenticationPlugin;
 use PMA\libraries\Response;
 use PMA\libraries\Util;
-use ReCaptcha\ReCaptcha;
+use ReCaptcha;
 use PMA\libraries\URL;
 
 require_once './libraries/session.lib.php';
@@ -278,10 +278,22 @@ class AuthenticationCookie extends AuthenticationPlugin
                 && ! empty($GLOBALS['cfg']['CaptchaLoginPublicKey'])
             ) {
                 if (! empty($_POST["g-recaptcha-response"])) {
-
-                    $reCaptcha = new ReCaptcha(
-                        $GLOBALS['cfg']['CaptchaLoginPrivateKey']
-                    );
+                    if (function_exists('curl_init')) {
+                        $reCaptcha = new ReCaptcha\ReCaptcha(
+                            $GLOBALS['cfg']['CaptchaLoginPrivateKey'],
+                            new ReCaptcha\RequestMethod\CurlPost()
+                        );
+                    } else if (ini_get('allow_url_fopen')) {
+                        $reCaptcha = new ReCaptcha\ReCaptcha(
+                            $GLOBALS['cfg']['CaptchaLoginPrivateKey'],
+                            new ReCaptcha\RequestMethod\Post()
+                        );
+                    } else {
+                        $reCaptcha = new ReCaptcha\ReCaptcha(
+                            $GLOBALS['cfg']['CaptchaLoginPrivateKey'],
+                            new ReCaptcha\RequestMethod\SocketPost()
+                        );
+                    }
 
                     // verify captcha status.
                     $resp = $reCaptcha->verify(