diff --git a/src/tool_cfgable.h b/src/tool_cfgable.h
index e88b978961202755ef39a91ad2cf029c368bd5f1..77c603752ff353c665e94e028047df78810c9d00 100644
--- a/src/tool_cfgable.h
+++ b/src/tool_cfgable.h
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@
 
 #include "tool_metalink.h"
 
+struct GlobalConfig;
+
 struct OperationConfig {
   CURL *easy;               /* A copy of the handle from GlobalConfig */
   bool remote_time;
@@ -213,6 +215,7 @@ struct OperationConfig {
   bool nonpn;                 /* enable/disable TLS NPN extension */
   bool noalpn;                /* enable/disable TLS ALPN extension */
 
+  struct GlobalConfig *global;
   struct OperationConfig* prev;
   struct OperationConfig* next; /* Always last in the struct */
 };
diff --git a/src/tool_getparam.c b/src/tool_getparam.c
index e4cc69dd1f5acb1729ff70530f67519582d5350d..b9c5eb7019a86c049af24583520e0725643ed2a2 100644
--- a/src/tool_getparam.c
+++ b/src/tool_getparam.c
@@ -1838,6 +1838,9 @@ ParameterError parse_args(struct GlobalConfig *config, int argc,
               /* Copy the easy handle */
               operation->next->easy = config->easy;
 
+              /* Set the global config pointer */
+              operation->next->global = config;
+
               /* Update the last operation pointer */
               config->last = operation->next;
 
diff --git a/src/tool_parsecfg.c b/src/tool_parsecfg.c
index 9adbe8229e50c3cd9d2211f2dbe2a9ebaa215bca..53e2660a6fdc114cd07147dd203ac3588508acde 100644
--- a/src/tool_parsecfg.c
+++ b/src/tool_parsecfg.c
@@ -236,6 +236,9 @@ int parseconfig(const char *filename, struct GlobalConfig *global)
             /* Copy the easy handle */
             operation->next->easy = global->easy;
 
+            /* Set the global config pointer */
+            operation->next->global = global;
+
             /* Update the last operation pointer */
             global->last = operation->next;