diff --git a/src/file.js b/src/file.js
index 6cdab09..80fdcee 100644
--- a/src/file.js
+++ b/src/file.js
@@ -786,10 +786,19 @@ export async function vinylize(src, options = {}) {
   } else if (filepath && isVinyl(filepath)) {
     return filepath;
   } else if (filepath && isRemote(filepath)) {
+    let url = filepath;
+    try {
+      const response = await fetch(filepath, {options, request: {method: 'head'}});
+      if (response.url !== url) {
+        debug(`(vinylize) found redirect from ${url} to ${response.url}`);
+        url = response.url;
+      }
+    } catch {}
+
     file.remote = true;
-    file.url = filepath;
-    file.urlObj = urlParse(filepath);
-    file.contents = await fetch(filepath, options);
+    file.url = url;
+    file.urlObj = urlParse(url);
+    file.contents = await fetch(url, options);
     file.virtualPath = file.urlObj.pathname;
   } else if (filepath && fs.existsSync(filepath)) {
     file.path = filepath;
diff --git a/test/file.test.js b/test/file.test.js
index a8a659c..8c0a51b 100644
--- a/test/file.test.js
+++ b/test/file.test.js
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ test('Compute document base (with base option)', async () => {
       {filepath: `http://localhost:${port}/folder/generate-default.html`, expected: '/folder'},
       {filepath: `http://localhost:${port}/folder/head.html`, expected: '/folder'},
       {filepath: `http://localhost:${port}/generate-default.html`, expected: '/'},
-      {filepath: `http://localhost:${port}/folder`, expected: '/'},
+      {filepath: `http://localhost:${port}/folder`, expected: '/folder'},
       {filepath: `http://localhost:${port}/folder/`, expected: '/folder'},
       {filepath: path.join(__dirname, 'fixtures/folder/subfolder/head.html'), expected: '/folder/subfolder'},
       {filepath: path.join(__dirname, 'fixtures/folder/generate-default.html'), expected: '/folder'},
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ test('Compute document base (with base option)', async () => {
 test('Compute document base (without base option)', async () => {
   const vinyls = await Promise.all(
     [
-      {filepath: `http://localhost:${port}/folder`, expected: '/'},
+      {filepath: `http://localhost:${port}/folder`, expected: '/folder'},
       {filepath: `http://localhost:${port}/folder/`, expected: '/folder'},
       {filepath: path.join(__dirname, 'fixtures/folder/subfolder/head.html'), expected: '/folder/subfolder'},
       {filepath: path.join(__dirname, 'fixtures/folder/generate-default.html'), expected: '/folder'},
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ test('Get document', async () => {
   });
 
   const tests = [
-    {filepath: `http://localhost:${port}/folder`, expected: '/folder'},
+    {filepath: `http://localhost:${port}/folder`, expected: '/folder/index.html'},
     {filepath: `http://localhost:${port}/folder/`, expected: '/folder/index.html'},
     {filepath: path.join(__dirname, 'fixtures/folder/subfolder/head.html'), expected: '/folder/subfolder/head.html'},
     {