diff --git a/src/EXTRA-COMMAND/geturl.cpp b/src/EXTRA-COMMAND/geturl.cpp
index df46d0b723..3350b18455 100644
--- a/src/EXTRA-COMMAND/geturl.cpp
+++ b/src/EXTRA-COMMAND/geturl.cpp
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ void GetURL::command(int narg, char **arg)
     curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_WRITEDATA, (void *) out);
     curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_FILETIME, 1L);
     curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_FAILONERROR, 1L);
+    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_VERBOSE, 1L);
 
     if (!verify) {
       curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, 0L);