diff --git a/build/mvn b/build/mvn
index a87c5a26230c8d532ce21e1784c7a6465421ebba..53babf54debb693d1c620ca160239133e62cca06 100755
--- a/build/mvn
+++ b/build/mvn
@@ -34,14 +34,14 @@ install_app() {
   local binary="${_DIR}/$3"
 
   # setup `curl` and `wget` silent options if we're running on Jenkins
-  local curl_opts=""
+  local curl_opts="-L"
   local wget_opts=""
   if [ -n "$AMPLAB_JENKINS" ]; then
-    curl_opts="-s"
-    wget_opts="--quiet"
+    curl_opts="-s ${curl_opts}"
+    wget_opts="--quiet ${wget_opts}"
   else
-    curl_opts="--progress-bar"
-    wget_opts="--progress=bar:force"
+    curl_opts="--progress-bar ${curl_opts}"
+    wget_opts="--progress=bar:force ${wget_opts}"
   fi
 
   if [ -z "$3" -o ! -f "$binary" ]; then
diff --git a/dev/check-license b/dev/check-license
index a006f65710d6d182bf974017b64d45a639ee7301..39943f882b6ca89c68409804a6156591bb3b2470 100755
--- a/dev/check-license
+++ b/dev/check-license
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ acquire_rat_jar () {
       printf "Attempting to fetch rat\n"
       JAR_DL="${JAR}.part"
       if [ $(command -v curl) ]; then
-        curl --silent "${URL}" > "$JAR_DL" && mv "$JAR_DL" "$JAR"
+        curl -L --silent "${URL}" > "$JAR_DL" && mv "$JAR_DL" "$JAR"
       elif [ $(command -v wget) ]; then
         wget --quiet ${URL} -O "$JAR_DL" && mv "$JAR_DL" "$JAR"
       else