diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0236dd14..0fecf371 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -241,6 +241,19 @@ const opts = {
 get.post(opts, function (err, res) {})
 ```
 
+### Specifically disallowing redirects
+
+```js
+const get = require('simple-get')
+
+const opts = {
+  url: 'http://example.com/will-redirect-elsewhere',
+  followRedirects: false
+}
+// res.statusCode will be 301, no error thrown
+get(opts, function (err, res) {})
+```
+
 ### OAuth
 
 You can use the [`oauth-1.0a`](https://github.com/ddo/oauth-1.0a) module to create
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index ab881166..a054837b 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ function simpleGet (opts, cb) {
 
   const protocol = opts.protocol === 'https:' ? https : http // Support http/https urls
   const req = protocol.request(opts, res => {
-    if (res.statusCode >= 300 && res.statusCode < 400 && res.headers.location) {
+    if (opts.followRedirects !== false && res.statusCode >= 300 && res.statusCode < 400 && res.headers.location) {
       opts.url = res.headers.location // Follow 3xx redirects
       delete opts.headers.host // Discard `host` header on redirect (see #32)
       res.resume() // Discard response
diff --git a/test/redirect.js b/test/redirect.js
index 7ebc6b7b..26131a63 100644
--- a/test/redirect.js
+++ b/test/redirect.js
@@ -59,6 +59,31 @@ test('do not follow redirects', function (t) {
   })
 })
 
+test('do not follow redirects and do not error', function (t) {
+  t.plan(4)
+
+  var server = http.createServer(function (req, res) {
+    t.equal(req.url, '/0', 'visited /0')
+
+    res.statusCode = 301
+    res.setHeader('Location', '/1')
+    res.end()
+  })
+
+  server.listen(0, function () {
+    var port = server.address().port
+    get({
+      url: 'http://localhost:' + port + '/0',
+      followRedirects: false
+    }, function (err, res) {
+      t.ok(!err, 'got no error')
+      t.equal(res.statusCode, 301, 'status code 301')
+      t.equal(res.headers.location, '/1', 'redirect location')
+      server.close()
+    })
+  })
+})
+
 test('follow redirects (11 is too many)', function (t) {
   t.plan(12)