diff --git a/src/tool_cb_hdr.c b/src/tool_cb_hdr.c
index fb24b4508..dea73387a 100644
--- a/src/tool_cb_hdr.c
+++ b/src/tool_cb_hdr.c
@@ -66,8 +66,7 @@ size_t tool_header_cb(void *ptr, size_t size, size_t nmemb, void *userdata)
   }
 #endif
 
-  if(!outs->filename && (cb > 20) &&
-    checkprefix("Content-disposition:", str)) {
+  if((cb > 20) && checkprefix("Content-disposition:", str)) {
     const char *p = str + 20;
 
     /* look for the 'filename=' parameter
diff --git a/src/tool_operate.c b/src/tool_operate.c
index 7ab815f83..1e881207f 100644
--- a/src/tool_operate.c
+++ b/src/tool_operate.c
@@ -576,41 +576,40 @@ int operate(struct Configurable *config, int argc, argv_item_t argv[])
 
           if((urlnode->flags & GETOUT_USEREMOTE)
              && config->content_disposition) {
-            /* Our header callback sets the filename */
+            /* Our header callback MIGHT set the filename */
             DEBUGASSERT(!outs.filename);
           }
-          else {
-            if(config->resume_from_current) {
-              /* We're told to continue from where we are now. Get the size
-                 of the file as it is now and open it for append instead */
-              struct_stat fileinfo;
-              /* VMS -- Danger, the filesize is only valid for stream files */
-              if(0 == stat(outfile, &fileinfo))
-                /* set offset to current file size: */
-                config->resume_from = fileinfo.st_size;
-              else
-                /* let offset be 0 */
-                config->resume_from = 0;
-            }
 
-            if(config->resume_from) {
-              /* open file for output: */
-              FILE *file = fopen(outfile, config->resume_from?"ab":"wb");
-              if(!file) {
-                helpf(config->errors, "Can't open '%s'!\n", outfile);
-                res = CURLE_WRITE_ERROR;
-                goto quit_urls;
-              }
-              outs.fopened = TRUE;
-              outs.stream = file;
-              outs.init = config->resume_from;
-            }
-            else {
-              outs.stream = NULL; /* open when needed */
-            }
-            outs.filename = outfile;
-            outs.s_isreg = TRUE;
+          if(config->resume_from_current) {
+            /* We're told to continue from where we are now. Get the size
+               of the file as it is now and open it for append instead */
+            struct_stat fileinfo;
+            /* VMS -- Danger, the filesize is only valid for stream files */
+            if(0 == stat(outfile, &fileinfo))
+              /* set offset to current file size: */
+              config->resume_from = fileinfo.st_size;
+            else
+              /* let offset be 0 */
+              config->resume_from = 0;
           }
+
+          if(config->resume_from) {
+            /* open file for output: */
+            FILE *file = fopen(outfile, config->resume_from?"ab":"wb");
+            if(!file) {
+              helpf(config->errors, "Can't open '%s'!\n", outfile);
+              res = CURLE_WRITE_ERROR;
+              goto quit_urls;
+            }
+            outs.fopened = TRUE;
+            outs.stream = file;
+            outs.init = config->resume_from;
+          }
+          else {
+            outs.stream = NULL; /* open when needed */
+          }
+          outs.filename = outfile;
+          outs.s_isreg = TRUE;
         }
 
         if(uploadfile && !stdin_upload(uploadfile)) {
diff --git a/src/tool_operhlp.c b/src/tool_operhlp.c
index 808d2d564..4c1697b20 100644
--- a/src/tool_operhlp.c
+++ b/src/tool_operhlp.c
@@ -178,6 +178,24 @@ CURLcode get_url_file_name(char **filename, const char *url)
         return CURLE_OUT_OF_MEMORY;
     }
   }
+
+  /* in case we built debug enabled, we allow an environment variable
+   * named CURL_TESTDIR to prefix the given file name to put it into a
+   * specific directory
+   */
+#ifdef DEBUGBUILD
+  {
+    char *tdir = curlx_getenv("CURL_TESTDIR");
+    if(tdir) {
+      char buffer[512]; /* suitably large */
+      snprintf(buffer, sizeof(buffer), "%s/%s", tdir, *filename);
+      Curl_safefree(*filename);
+      *filename = strdup(buffer); /* clone the buffer */
+      curl_free(tdir);
+    }
+  }
+#endif
+
   return CURLE_OK;
 }
 
diff --git a/tests/data/Makefile.am b/tests/data/Makefile.am
index 581d46b86..c52ef243c 100644
--- a/tests/data/Makefile.am
+++ b/tests/data/Makefile.am
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ test1110 test1111 test1112 test1113 test1114 test1115 test1116 test1117	\
 test1118 test1119 test1120 test1121 test1122 test1123 test1124 test1125	\
 test1126 test1127 test1128 test1129 test1130 test1131 \
 test1200 test1201 test1202 test1203 test1204 test1205 test1206 test1207 \
-test1208 test1209 \
+test1208 test1209 test1210 \
 test1300 test1301 test1302 test1303 test1304 test1305	\
 test1306 test1307 test1308 test1309 test1310 test1311 test1312 test1313 \
 test1314 \
diff --git a/tests/data/test1210 b/tests/data/test1210
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..df931988c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/data/test1210
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+<testcase>
+<info>
+<keywords>
+HTTP
+HTTP GET
+-J
+</keywords>
+</info>
+
+#
+<reply>
+<data nocheck="yes">
+HTTP/1.1 200 OK
+Date: Thu, 09 Nov 2010 14:49:00 GMT
+Server: test-server/fake
+Content-Length: 6
+Connection: close
+Content-Type: text/html
+
+12345
+</data>
+</reply>
+
+#
+# Client-side
+<client>
+# this relies on the debug feature to allow us to set directory to store the
+# -O output in, using the CURL_TESTDIR variable
+<features>
+debug
+</features>
+<server>
+http
+</server>
+<name>
+HTTP GET with -J without Content-Disposition
+</name>
+<setenv>
+CURL_TESTDIR=%PWD/log
+</setenv>
+<command option="no-output,no-include">
+http://%HOSTIP:%HTTPPORT/1210 -J -O
+</command>
+</client>
+
+#
+# Verify data after the test has been "shot"
+<verify>
+<strip>
+^User-Agent:.*
+</strip>
+<protocol>
+GET /1210 HTTP/1.1
+Host: %HOSTIP:%HTTPPORT
+Accept: */*
+
+</protocol>
+<file name="log/1210">
+12345
+</file>
+
+</verify>
+</testcase>