diff --git a/src/tools.c b/src/tools.c
index 6f4a77105d95875a5538ce4e6ce3309eb4b5a67e..37ebb69372b33fdfbe2478a29847d3df76d6b44b 100644
--- a/src/tools.c
+++ b/src/tools.c
@@ -976,7 +976,7 @@ unsigned long get_remote_file_size(const char *url, const char *uname, const cha
 
 		if (CURLE_OK == res) {
 			double filesize = 0;
-			res = curl_easy_getinfo(curl, CURLINFO_CONTENT_LENGTH_DOWNLOAD,
+			res = curl_easy_getinfo(curl, CURLINFO_CONTENT_LENGTH_DOWNLOAD_T,
 						&filesize);
 			if ((res == CURLE_OK) && (filesize > 0)) {
 				file_size_kb = (unsigned long)filesize/1024;