diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/global.rb b/Library/Homebrew/global.rb
index ed9e3b08af..bded211430 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/global.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/global.rb
@@ -45,7 +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'
+HOMEBREW_CURL_ARGS = '-qf#LA'
 
 RECOMMENDED_LLVM = 2326
 RECOMMENDED_GCC_40 = (MACOS_VERSION >= 10.6) ? 5494 : 5493