diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/cmd/doctor.rb b/Library/Homebrew/cmd/doctor.rb
index ca837539f592e3f7ca3ab95109d89befbb1f9086..9be391cfda8186eadbb3ce7e09d700d9c1e178cb 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/cmd/doctor.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/cmd/doctor.rb
@@ -485,6 +485,17 @@ def check_user_path_3
   end
 end
 
+def check_user_curlrc
+  if %w[CURL_HOME HOME].one?{|key| ENV[key] and File.exists? "#{ENV[key]}/.curlrc" } then <<-EOS.undent
+    You have a curlrc file
+    If you have trouble downloading packages with Homebrew, then maybe this
+    is the problem? If the following command doesn't work, then try removing
+    your curlrc:
+      curl http://github.com
+    EOS
+  end
+end
+
 def check_which_pkg_config
   binary = which 'pkg-config'
   return if binary.nil?
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/global.rb b/Library/Homebrew/global.rb
index 81065f8bafb86e3abe6da8113b6721bee7a9dca7..d7071eafbcb9ce154c6c38fd7fb3aedf1c26b246 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/global.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/global.rb
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ end
 
 HOMEBREW_USER_AGENT = "Homebrew #{HOMEBREW_VERSION} (Ruby #{RUBY_VERSION}-#{RUBY_PATCHLEVEL}; #{OS_VERSION})"
 
-HOMEBREW_CURL_ARGS = '-qf#LA'
+HOMEBREW_CURL_ARGS = '-f#LA'
 
 module Homebrew extend self
   include FileUtils