diff --git a/components/esp_http_client/esp_http_client.c b/components/esp_http_client/esp_http_client.c
index 372d86e900..36ed29f2e1 100644
--- a/components/esp_http_client/esp_http_client.c
+++ b/components/esp_http_client/esp_http_client.c
@@ -957,9 +957,19 @@ esp_err_t esp_http_client_set_redirection(esp_http_client_handle_t client)
     return err;
 }
 
+esp_err_t esp_http_client_reset_redirect_counter(esp_http_client_handle_t client)
+{
+    if (client == NULL) {
+        return ESP_ERR_INVALID_ARG;
+    }
+    client->redirect_counter = 0;
+    return ESP_OK;
+}
+
 static esp_err_t esp_http_check_response(esp_http_client_handle_t client)
 {
     if (client->response->status_code >= HttpStatus_Ok && client->response->status_code < HttpStatus_MultipleChoices) {
+        client->redirect_counter = 0;
         return ESP_OK;
     }
     if (client->redirect_counter >= client->max_redirection_count) {
diff --git a/components/esp_http_client/include/esp_http_client.h b/components/esp_http_client/include/esp_http_client.h
index 1c50a1fa5a..bb9319e42d 100644
--- a/components/esp_http_client/include/esp_http_client.h
+++ b/components/esp_http_client/include/esp_http_client.h
@@ -622,6 +622,18 @@ esp_http_client_transport_t esp_http_client_get_transport_type(esp_http_client_h
  */
 esp_err_t esp_http_client_set_redirection(esp_http_client_handle_t client);
 
+/**
+ * @brief      Reset the redirection counter.
+ *             This is useful to reset redirect counter in cases where the same handle is used for multiple requests.
+ *
+ * @param[in]  client  The esp_http_client handle
+ *
+ * @return
+ *     - ESP_OK
+ *     - ESP_ERR_INVALID_ARG
+ */
+esp_err_t esp_http_client_reset_redirect_counter(esp_http_client_handle_t client);
+
 /**
  * @brief      On receiving a custom authentication header, this API can be invoked to set the
  *             authentication information from the header. This API can be called from the event