diff --git a/docker/base/healthcheck_curl b/docker/base/healthcheck_curl
index 2ef8538bac..6df232fe89 100755
--- a/docker/base/healthcheck_curl
+++ b/docker/base/healthcheck_curl
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 : ${HEALTHCHECK_CURL_OUTPUT:='/dev/null'}
 
 export NSS_SDB_USE_CACHE=no
-curl -g -k -q -s -S --fail -o "${HEALTHCHECK_CURL_OUTPUT}" \
+curl -q -g -k -s -S --fail -o "${HEALTHCHECK_CURL_OUTPUT}" \
     --max-time "${HEALTHCHECK_CURL_MAX_TIME}" \
     --user-agent "${HEALTHCHECK_CURL_USER_AGENT}" \
     --write-out "${HEALTHCHECK_CURL_WRITE_OUT}" \
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/healthcheck-curl-disable-curlrc-0f85aad47379e2a5.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/healthcheck-curl-disable-curlrc-0f85aad47379e2a5.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c1c00d6ce5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/healthcheck-curl-disable-curlrc-0f85aad47379e2a5.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+fixes:
+  - |
+    Fixes disabling the use of the ``curlrc`` configuration file in
+    ``healthcheck_curl``. `LP#1967272 <https://launchpad.net/bugs/1967272>`__