diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/global.rb b/Library/Homebrew/global.rb
index 7e6f389495..e7a7a181f6 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/global.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/global.rb
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ MACOS_VERSION = /(10\.\d+)(\.\d+)?/.match(MACOS_FULL_VERSION).captures.first.to_
 
 HOMEBREW_USER_AGENT = "Homebrew #{HOMEBREW_VERSION} (Ruby #{RUBY_VERSION}-#{RUBY_PATCHLEVEL}; Mac OS X #{MACOS_FULL_VERSION})"
 
+HOMEBREW_CURL_ARGS = '-f#LA'
 
 RECOMMENDED_LLVM = 2326
 RECOMMENDED_GCC_40 = (MACOS_VERSION >= 10.6) ? 5494 : 5493
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/test/testing_env.rb b/Library/Homebrew/test/testing_env.rb
index 0933185bbb..c0556651c2 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/test/testing_env.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/test/testing_env.rb
@@ -15,9 +15,11 @@ require 'exceptions'
 HOMEBREW_PREFIX=Pathname.new '/private/tmp/testbrew/prefix'
 HOMEBREW_REPOSITORY=HOMEBREW_PREFIX
 HOMEBREW_CACHE=HOMEBREW_PREFIX.parent+"cache"
+HOMEBREW_CACHE_FORMULA=HOMEBREW_PREFIX.parent+"formula_cache"
 HOMEBREW_CELLAR=HOMEBREW_PREFIX.parent+"cellar"
 HOMEBREW_USER_AGENT="Homebrew"
 HOMEBREW_WWW='http://example.com'
+HOMEBREW_CURL_ARGS = '-fsLA'
 MACOS_VERSION=10.6
 
 (HOMEBREW_PREFIX+'Library/Formula').mkpath
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/utils.rb b/Library/Homebrew/utils.rb
index a26a6ab936..3160ffe148 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/utils.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/utils.rb
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ def quiet_system cmd, *args
 end
 
 def curl *args
-  safe_system '/usr/bin/curl', '-f#LA', HOMEBREW_USER_AGENT, *args unless args.empty?
+  safe_system '/usr/bin/curl', HOMEBREW_CURL_ARGS, HOMEBREW_USER_AGENT, *args unless args.empty?
 end
 
 def puts_columns items, star_items=[]