diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 893886cd51..67cd149ab3 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -7719,7 +7719,7 @@ if test "x${WGET}" != "x:"; then
   DOWNLOAD_TO_STDOUT="${WGET} -q -O-"
   DOWNLOAD_TIMEOUT='--timeout=$1'
 elif test "x${CURL}" != "x:"; then
-  DOWNLOAD="${CURL} -O --progress-bar -w \"%{url_effective}\n\""
+  DOWNLOAD="${CURL} -L -O --progress-bar -w \"%{url_effective}\n\""
   DOWNLOAD_TO_STDOUT="${CURL} -Ls"
   DOWNLOAD_TIMEOUT='--max-time $(or $2,$1)'
 else
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 8d2ca5ae0f..d5b08142bd 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ if test "x${WGET}" != "x:"; then
   DOWNLOAD_TO_STDOUT="${WGET} -q -O-"
   DOWNLOAD_TIMEOUT='--timeout=$1'
 elif test "x${CURL}" != "x:"; then
-  DOWNLOAD="${CURL} -O --progress-bar -w \"%{url_effective}\n\""
+  DOWNLOAD="${CURL} -L -O --progress-bar -w \"%{url_effective}\n\""
   DOWNLOAD_TO_STDOUT="${CURL} -Ls"
   DOWNLOAD_TIMEOUT='--max-time $(or $2,$1)'
 else