diff --git a/ci/build_wheel_cpp.sh b/ci/build_wheel_cpp.sh
index 9893474da3..3be4a5f016 100755
--- a/ci/build_wheel_cpp.sh
+++ b/ci/build_wheel_cpp.sh
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ rapids-generate-version > ./VERSION
 
 cd "${package_dir}"
 
+export VERBOSE=1
+
 python -m pip install wheel
 # libkvikio is a header-only C++ library with no Python code, so
 # it is entirely platform-agnostic. We cannot use auditwheel for
diff --git a/cpp/cmake/thirdparty/get_libcurl.cmake b/cpp/cmake/thirdparty/get_libcurl.cmake
index 706eb07d58..9dd0d36b31 100644
--- a/cpp/cmake/thirdparty/get_libcurl.cmake
+++ b/cpp/cmake/thirdparty/get_libcurl.cmake
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 # This function finds libcurl and sets any additional necessary environment variables.
 function(find_and_configure_libcurl)
   include(${rapids-cmake-dir}/cpm/find.cmake)
+  # set(CPM_DOWNLOAD_ALL ON)
 
   rapids_cpm_find(
     CURL 7.87.0
@@ -24,7 +25,8 @@ function(find_and_configure_libcurl)
     CPM_ARGS
     GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/curl/curl
     GIT_TAG curl-8_10_1
-    OPTIONS "BUILD_CURL_EXE OFF" "BUILD_SHARED_LIBS OFF" "BUILD_TESTING OFF"
+    OPTIONS "BUILD_CURL_EXE OFF" "BUILD_SHARED_LIBS OFF" "BUILD_TESTING OFF" "CURL_USE_LIBPSL OFF"
+            "CURL_DISABLE_LDAP ON" "CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON"
   )
 endfunction()