diff --git a/docs/building.md b/docs/building.md
index 3bcaf360dac..37bc0b5cf59 100644
--- a/docs/building.md
+++ b/docs/building.md
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ To build MongoDB, you will need:
     * GCC 5.4.0 or newer
     * Clang 3.8 (or Apple XCode 8.3.2 Clang) or newer
     * Visual Studio 2015 Update 3 or newer (See Windows section below for details)
+* On Linux and macOS, the libcurl library and header is required. MacOS includes libcurl.
+    * Fedora/RHEL - dnf install libcurl-devel
+    * Ubuntu/Debian - apt-get install libcurl-dev
 * Python 2.7.x and Pip modules:
   * pyyaml
   * typing
diff --git a/etc/evergreen.yml b/etc/evergreen.yml
index 1f880a7deeb..4871a457f16 100644
--- a/etc/evergreen.yml
+++ b/etc/evergreen.yml
@@ -8782,6 +8782,7 @@ buildvariants:
       -j$(sysctl -n hw.logicalcpu)
       --dbg=off
       --opt=size
+      --enable-free-mon=off
       --variables-files=etc/scons/xcode_macos.vars
     disable_unit_tests: true
     enable_embedded_tests: native
@@ -8810,6 +8811,7 @@ buildvariants:
       -j$(sysctl -n hw.logicalcpu)
       --dbg=off
       --opt=size
+      --enable-free-mon=off
       --variables-files=etc/scons/xcode_ios.vars
     disable_unit_tests: true
   tasks:
@@ -8837,6 +8839,7 @@ buildvariants:
       -j$(sysctl -n hw.logicalcpu)
       --dbg=off
       --opt=size
+      --enable-free-mon=off
       --variables-files=etc/scons/xcode_ios_sim.vars
     disable_unit_tests: true
     enable_embedded_tests: ios_tvos_simulator
@@ -8867,6 +8870,7 @@ buildvariants:
       -j$(sysctl -n hw.logicalcpu)
       --dbg=off
       --opt=size
+      --enable-free-mon=off
       --variables-files=etc/scons/xcode_tvos.vars
     disable_unit_tests: true
   tasks:
@@ -8895,6 +8899,7 @@ buildvariants:
       -j$(sysctl -n hw.logicalcpu)
       --dbg=off
       --opt=size
+      --enable-free-mon=off
       --variables-files=etc/scons/xcode_tvos_sim.vars
     disable_unit_tests: true
     enable_embedded_tests: ios_tvos_simulator
@@ -8922,6 +8927,7 @@ buildvariants:
       -j$(grep -c ^processor /proc/cpuinfo)
       --dbg=off
       --opt=size
+      --enable-free-mon=off
       --variables-files=etc/scons/mongodbtoolchain_gcc.vars
       --allocator=system
     disable_unit_tests: true
@@ -8949,6 +8955,7 @@ buildvariants:
       -j$(grep -c ^processor /proc/cpuinfo)
       --dbg=off
       --opt=size
+      --enable-free-mon=off
       --android-toolchain-path=$(dirname $(pwd))/android_toolchain
       --variables-files=etc/scons/android_toolchain.vars
     disable_unit_tests: true
@@ -8979,6 +8986,7 @@ buildvariants:
       -j$(grep -c ^processor /proc/cpuinfo)
       --dbg=off
       --opt=size
+      --enable-free-mon=off
       --android-toolchain-path=$(dirname $(pwd))/android_toolchain
       --variables-files=etc/scons/android_toolchain.vars
     disable_unit_tests: true