diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 88877ea5ba..3c207e3c76 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ artifacts/*
 node_modules/*
 .DS_Store
 venv/*
+vendor/
 *.swp
 *.log
 !nagios.log
diff --git a/checks.d/http_check.py b/checks.d/http_check.py
index b5e8ad708a..1d4b50187c 100644
--- a/checks.d/http_check.py
+++ b/checks.d/http_check.py
@@ -180,15 +180,16 @@ def _load_conf(self, instance):
         weakcipher = _is_affirmative(instance.get('weakciphers', False))
         ignore_ssl_warning = _is_affirmative(instance.get('ignore_ssl_warning', False))
         skip_proxy = _is_affirmative(instance.get('no_proxy', False))
+        allow_redirects = _is_affirmative(instance.get('allow_redirects', True))
 
         return url, username, password, http_response_status_code, timeout, include_content,\
             headers, response_time, content_match, tags, ssl, ssl_expire, instance_ca_certs,\
-            weakcipher, ignore_ssl_warning, skip_proxy
+            weakcipher, ignore_ssl_warning, skip_proxy, allow_redirects
 
     def _check(self, instance):
         addr, username, password, http_response_status_code, timeout, include_content, headers,\
             response_time, content_match, tags, disable_ssl_validation,\
-            ssl_expire, instance_ca_certs, weakcipher, ignore_ssl_warning, skip_proxy = self._load_conf(instance)
+            ssl_expire, instance_ca_certs, weakcipher, ignore_ssl_warning, skip_proxy, allow_redirects = self._load_conf(instance)
         start = time.time()
 
         service_checks = []
@@ -225,7 +226,8 @@ def _check(self, instance):
                 self.log.debug("Weak Ciphers will be used for {0}. Suppoted Cipherlist: {1}".format(
                     base_addr, WeakCiphersHTTPSConnection.SUPPORTED_CIPHERS))
 
-            r = sess.request('GET', addr, auth=auth, timeout=timeout, headers=headers, proxies=instance_proxy,
+            r = sess.request('GET', addr, auth=auth, timeout=timeout, headers=headers,
+                             proxies=instance_proxy, allow_redirects=allow_redirects,
                              verify=False if disable_ssl_validation else instance_ca_certs)
 
         except (socket.timeout, requests.exceptions.ConnectionError, requests.exceptions.Timeout) as e:
diff --git a/conf.d/http_check.yaml.example b/conf.d/http_check.yaml.example
index 076a55314f..f80ff8f915 100644
--- a/conf.d/http_check.yaml.example
+++ b/conf.d/http_check.yaml.example
@@ -105,6 +105,11 @@ instances:
     #
     # no_proxy: false
 
+    # The (optional) allow_redirects parameter can enable redirection.
+    # Defaults to True.
+    #
+    # allow_redirects: true
+
     # tags:
     #   - url:http://alternative.host.example.com
     #   - env:production
diff --git a/tests/checks/integration/test_http_check.py b/tests/checks/integration/test_http_check.py
index 8e80febe0e..bf87348965 100644
--- a/tests/checks/integration/test_http_check.py
+++ b/tests/checks/integration/test_http_check.py
@@ -134,6 +134,15 @@
     }]
 }
 
+CONFIG_HTTP_REDIRECTS = {
+    'instances': [{
+        'name': 'redirect_service',
+        'url': 'http://github.com',
+        'timeout': 1,
+        'http_response_status_code': 301,
+        'allow_redirects': False,
+    }]
+}
 
 FAKE_CERT = {'notAfter': 'Apr 12 12:00:00 2006 GMT'}
 
@@ -230,6 +239,16 @@ def test_check_ssl(self):
 
         self.coverage_report()
 
+    def test_check_allow_redirects(self):
+        self.run_check(CONFIG_HTTP_REDIRECTS)
+        # Overrides self.service_checks attribute when values are available\
+        self.service_checks = self.wait_for_async('get_service_checks', 'service_checks', 1)
+
+        tags = ['url:http://github.com', 'instance:redirect_service']
+        self.assertServiceCheckOK("http.can_connect", tags=tags)
+
+        self.coverage_report()
+
     @mock.patch('ssl.SSLSocket.getpeercert', return_value=FAKE_CERT)
     def test_mock_case(self, getpeercert_func):
         self.run_check(CONFIG_EXPIRED_SSL)