diff --git a/rpcs3/main.cpp b/rpcs3/main.cpp
index f8a53c6d60..f76c091dde 100644
--- a/rpcs3/main.cpp
+++ b/rpcs3/main.cpp
@@ -545,7 +545,20 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv)
 		return 0;
 
 	// Set curl to verbose if needed
-	rpcs3::curl::s_curl_verbose = parser.isSet(arg_verbose_curl);
+	rpcs3::curl::g_curl_verbose = parser.isSet(arg_verbose_curl);
+
+	if (rpcs3::curl::g_curl_verbose)
+	{
+#ifdef _WIN32
+		if (AttachConsole(ATTACH_PARENT_PROCESS) || AllocConsole())
+		{
+			[[maybe_unused]] const auto con_out = freopen("CONOUT$", "w", stdout);
+			[[maybe_unused]] const auto con_err = freopen("CONOUT$", "w", stderr);
+		}
+#endif
+		fprintf(stdout, "Enabled Curl verbose logging.\n");
+		sys_log.always()("Enabled Curl verbose logging. Please look at your console output.");
+	}
 
 	// Handle update of commit database
 	if (parser.isSet(arg_commit_db))
diff --git a/rpcs3/rpcs3qt/curl_handle.cpp b/rpcs3/rpcs3qt/curl_handle.cpp
index 6aad308f90..729c4eca4b 100644
--- a/rpcs3/rpcs3qt/curl_handle.cpp
+++ b/rpcs3/rpcs3qt/curl_handle.cpp
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ curl_handle::curl_handle(QObject* parent) : QObject(parent)
 
 	m_uses_error_buffer = err == CURLE_OK;
 
-	err = curl_easy_setopt(m_curl, CURLOPT_VERBOSE, s_curl_verbose);
-	if (err != CURLE_OK) network_log.error("curl_easy_setopt(CURLOPT_VERBOSE, %d): %s", s_curl_verbose, curl_easy_strerror(err));
+	err = curl_easy_setopt(m_curl, CURLOPT_VERBOSE, g_curl_verbose);
+	if (err != CURLE_OK) network_log.error("curl_easy_setopt(CURLOPT_VERBOSE, %d): %s", g_curl_verbose, curl_easy_strerror(err));
 
 #ifdef _WIN32
 	// This shouldn't be needed on linux
diff --git a/rpcs3/rpcs3qt/curl_handle.h b/rpcs3/rpcs3qt/curl_handle.h
index ad26d08f38..223d2eeb6c 100644
--- a/rpcs3/rpcs3qt/curl_handle.h
+++ b/rpcs3/rpcs3qt/curl_handle.h
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 
 namespace rpcs3::curl
 {
-static bool s_curl_verbose = false;
+inline bool g_curl_verbose = false;
 
 class curl_handle : public QObject
 {