diff --git a/scripts/verify-r-minor-routing.sh b/scripts/verify-r-minor-routing.sh
index 3957f67..a38e0ed 100755
--- a/scripts/verify-r-minor-routing.sh
+++ b/scripts/verify-r-minor-routing.sh
@@ -104,10 +104,12 @@ fetch() {
     return 0
   fi
   local status
+  # -L: the router answers an index request with a redirect, so the bytes a
+  # client ends up with are only visible by following it.
   if [ -n "$ua" ]; then
-    status=$(curl -sS -A "$ua" -o "$dest" -w '%{http_code}' --max-time 120 "$url" 2>/dev/null)
+    status=$(curl -sSL -A "$ua" -o "$dest" -w '%{http_code}' --max-time 120 "$url" 2>/dev/null)
   else
-    status=$(curl -sS -o "$dest" -w '%{http_code}' --max-time 120 "$url" 2>/dev/null)
+    status=$(curl -sSL -o "$dest" -w '%{http_code}' --max-time 120 "$url" 2>/dev/null)
   fi
   echo "$status" > "$dest.status"
   echo "$status"