2 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/piesctl-cl.opt b/src/piesctl-cl.opt
index f7eaf2a..ebdfec4 100644
--- a/src/piesctl-cl.opt
+++ b/src/piesctl-cl.opt
@@ -71,2 +71,8 @@ END
 
+OPTION(no-netrc,N,,
+       [<don't read ~/.netrc file>])
+BEGIN
+  no_netrc_option = 1;
+END
+
 GROUP(Preprocessor)
diff --git a/src/piesctl.c b/src/piesctl.c
index 0cd2736..4c777d7 100644
--- a/src/piesctl.c
+++ b/src/piesctl.c
@@ -51,2 +51,3 @@ char default_config_file[] = SYSCONFDIR "/piesctl.conf";
 int preprocess_only;
+int no_netrc_option;
 int verbose;
@@ -545,3 +546,4 @@ shttp_connect (struct pies_url *url, struct grecs_sockaddr *source_addr)
 
-  netrc_scan (conn->url);
+  if (!no_netrc_option)
+    netrc_scan (conn->url);