diff --git a/doc/ci/examples/php.md b/doc/ci/examples/php.md
index 17e1c64bb8a..bfafcc44d66 100644
--- a/doc/ci/examples/php.md
+++ b/doc/ci/examples/php.md
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ apt-get update -yqq
 apt-get install git -yqq
 
 # Install phpunit, the tool that we will use for testing
-curl -o /usr/local/bin/phpunit https://phar.phpunit.de/phpunit.phar
+curl -Lo /usr/local/bin/phpunit https://phar.phpunit.de/phpunit.phar
 chmod +x /usr/local/bin/phpunit
 
 # Install mysql driver