diff --git a/.cico.pipeline b/.cico.pipeline
index 0fb747c..2e0b224 100644
--- a/.cico.pipeline
+++ b/.cico.pipeline
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ node('pagure') {
         }
 
         stage('Clone Test Suite') {
-            onmyduffynode "git clone --single-branch --depth 1 https://pagure.io/pagure.git"
+            onmyduffynode "GIT_TRACE=1 GIT_CURL_VERBOSE=1 git clone --single-branch --depth 1 https://pagure.io/pagure.git"
         }
 
         stage('Run Test Suite') {
diff --git a/dev/containers/centos7-rpms-py2 b/dev/containers/centos7-rpms-py2
index c43891a..6b06846 100644
--- a/dev/containers/centos7-rpms-py2
+++ b/dev/containers/centos7-rpms-py2
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ RUN yum -y install \
     repoSpanner-bridge
 
 RUN cd / \
-    && git clone -b $BRANCH $REPO \
+    && GIT_TRACE=1 GIT_CURL_VERBOSE=1 git clone -b $BRANCH $REPO \
     && chmod +x /pagure/dev/containers/runtests_py2.sh
 
 # Install all the requirements from the spec file and replace the macro
diff --git a/dev/containers/f29-rpms-py3 b/dev/containers/f29-rpms-py3
index 2c37ab4..35baaed 100644
--- a/dev/containers/f29-rpms-py3
+++ b/dev/containers/f29-rpms-py3
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ RUN dnf -y --enablerepo=updates-testing install \
     git
 
 RUN cd / \
-    && git clone -b $BRANCH $REPO \
+    && GIT_TRACE=1 GIT_CURL_VERBOSE=1 git clone -b $BRANCH $REPO \
     && chmod +x /pagure/dev/containers/runtests_py3.sh \
     && sed -i -e 's|\["alembic",|\["alembic-3",|' /pagure/tests/test_alembic.py
 
diff --git a/dev/containers/fedora-pip-py3 b/dev/containers/fedora-pip-py3
index 61d18e7..2d7d617 100644
--- a/dev/containers/fedora-pip-py3
+++ b/dev/containers/fedora-pip-py3
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ RUN dnf -y install \
     glibc-langpack-en
 
 RUN cd / \
-    && git clone -b $BRANCH $REPO \
+    && GIT_TRACE=1 GIT_CURL_VERBOSE=1 git clone -b $BRANCH $REPO \
     && chmod +x /pagure/dev/containers/tox_py3.sh
 
 # Install pygit2 manually, outside of the virtualenv since it is tightly coupled
diff --git a/dev/containers/runtests_py2.sh b/dev/containers/runtests_py2.sh
index ed39786..a4f5262 100644
--- a/dev/containers/runtests_py2.sh
+++ b/dev/containers/runtests_py2.sh
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ if [ -n "$REPO" -a -n "$BRANCH" ]; then
 git remote rm proposed || true
 git gc --auto
 git remote add proposed "$REPO"
-git fetch proposed
+GIT_TRACE=1 GIT_CURL_VERBOSE=1 git fetch proposed
 git checkout origin/master
 git config --global user.email "you@example.com"
 git config --global user.name "Your Name"
diff --git a/dev/containers/runtests_py3.sh b/dev/containers/runtests_py3.sh
index ac2bf03..d7e8781 100644
--- a/dev/containers/runtests_py3.sh
+++ b/dev/containers/runtests_py3.sh
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ if [ -n "$REPO" -a -n "$BRANCH" ]; then
 git remote rm proposed || true
 git gc --auto
 git remote add proposed "$REPO"
-git fetch proposed
+GIT_TRACE=1 GIT_CURL_VERBOSE=1 git fetch proposed
 git checkout origin/master
 git config --global user.email "you@example.com"
 git config --global user.name "Your Name"
diff --git a/dev/containers/tox_py3.sh b/dev/containers/tox_py3.sh
index 859c4e6..043e057 100644
--- a/dev/containers/tox_py3.sh
+++ b/dev/containers/tox_py3.sh
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ if [ -n "$REPO" -a -n "$BRANCH" ]; then
 git remote rm proposed || true
 git gc --auto
 git remote add proposed "$REPO"
-git fetch proposed
+GIT_TRACE=1 GIT_CURL_VERBOSE=1 git fetch proposed
 git checkout origin/master
 git config --global user.email "you@example.com"
 git config --global user.name "Your Name"
diff --git a/run_ci_tests_containers.sh b/run_ci_tests_containers.sh
index 49da399..515f2e6 100644
--- a/run_ci_tests_containers.sh
+++ b/run_ci_tests_containers.sh
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ if [ -n "$REPO" -a -n "$BRANCH" ]; then
 git remote rm proposed || true
 git gc --auto
 git remote add proposed "$REPO"
-git fetch proposed
+GIT_TRACE=1 GIT_CURL_VERBOSE=1 git fetch proposed
 git checkout origin/master
 git config --global user.email "you@example.com"
 git config --global user.name "Your Name"