diff --git a/tests/run-upstream-testsuite.sh b/tests/run-upstream-testsuite.sh
index 2593eb2..c73cfe8 100755
--- a/tests/run-upstream-testsuite.sh
+++ b/tests/run-upstream-testsuite.sh
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ cd ../tests
 
 # Fetch tests/init.sh from the gnulib repository (needed since
 # https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/diffutils.git/commit/tests?id=1d2456f539)
-curl -s "$gitserver/gitweb/?p=gnulib.git;a=blob_plain;f=tests/init.sh;hb=HEAD" -o init.sh
+curl -sL "$gitserver/gitweb/?p=gnulib.git;a=blob_plain;f=tests/init.sh;hb=HEAD" -o init.sh
 
 if [[ -n "$TESTS" ]]
 then