diff --git a/youtube_dl/downloader/external.py b/youtube_dl/downloader/external.py
index ff031d2e04..51c41c7046 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/downloader/external.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/downloader/external.py
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ def _call_downloader(self, tmpfilename, info_dict):
 
 class CurlFD(ExternalFD):
     def _make_cmd(self, tmpfilename, info_dict):
-        cmd = [self.exe, '-o', tmpfilename]
+        cmd = [self.exe, '--location', '-o', tmpfilename]
         for key, val in info_dict['http_headers'].items():
             cmd += ['--header', '%s: %s' % (key, val)]
         cmd += self._source_address('--interface')