diff --git a/scripts/falco-driver-loader b/scripts/falco-driver-loader
index 1c9a31ed8ad..7897ef21eb2 100755
--- a/scripts/falco-driver-loader
+++ b/scripts/falco-driver-loader
@@ -517,6 +517,7 @@ print_usage() {
 	echo "  DRIVERS_REPO             specify a different URL where to look for prebuilt Falco drivers"
 	echo "  DRIVER_NAME              specify a different name for the driver"
 	echo "  DRIVER_INSECURE_DOWNLOAD whether you want to allow insecure downloads or not"
+ 	echo "  OVERRIDE_CURL_OPTIONS    specify custom options to be passed to curl command used to download Falco drivers"
 	echo ""
 	echo "Versions:"
 	echo "  Falco version  ${FALCO_VERSION}"
@@ -543,6 +544,8 @@ else
 	FALCO_DRIVER_CURL_OPTIONS=-fsS
 fi
 
+FALCO_DRIVER_CURL_OPTIONS=${OVERRIDE_CURL_OPTIONS-FALCO_DRIVER_CURL_OPTIONS}
+
 if [[ -z "$MAX_RMMOD_WAIT" ]]; then
 	MAX_RMMOD_WAIT=60
 fi