diff --git a/http.c b/http.c
index 0a5011f615..17bcf19c50 100644
--- a/http.c
+++ b/http.c
@@ -279,6 +279,11 @@ static CURL *get_curl_handle(void)
 	}
 
 	curl_easy_setopt(result, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, 1);
+#if LIBCURL_VERSION_NUM >= 0x071301
+	curl_easy_setopt(result, CURLOPT_POSTREDIR, CURL_REDIR_POST_ALL);
+#elif LIBCURL_VERSION_NUM >= 0x071101
+	curl_easy_setopt(result, CURLOPT_POST301, 1);
+#endif
 
 	if (getenv("GIT_CURL_VERBOSE"))
 		curl_easy_setopt(result, CURLOPT_VERBOSE, 1);
diff --git a/t/lib-httpd/apache.conf b/t/lib-httpd/apache.conf
index 4961505d1d..f41c7c674c 100644
--- a/t/lib-httpd/apache.conf
+++ b/t/lib-httpd/apache.conf
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ ErrorLog error.log
 <IfModule !mod_env.c>
 	LoadModule env_module modules/mod_env.so
 </IfModule>
+<IfModule !mod_rewrite.c>
+	LoadModule rewrite_module modules/mod_rewrite.so
+</IFModule>
 
 Alias /dumb/ www/
 
@@ -36,6 +39,10 @@ ScriptAlias /smart_noexport/ ${GIT_EXEC_PATH}/git-http-backend/
 	Options ExecCGI
 </Files>
 
+RewriteEngine on
+RewriteRule ^/smart-redir-perm/(.*)$ /smart/$1 [R=301]
+RewriteRule ^/smart-redir-temp/(.*)$ /smart/$1 [R=302]
+
 <IfDefine SSL>
 LoadModule ssl_module modules/mod_ssl.so
 
diff --git a/t/t5551-http-fetch.sh b/t/t5551-http-fetch.sh
index fd19121372..26d355725f 100755
--- a/t/t5551-http-fetch.sh
+++ b/t/t5551-http-fetch.sh
@@ -101,5 +101,13 @@ test_expect_success 'used upload-pack service' '
 	test_cmp exp act
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'follow redirects (301)' '
+	git clone $HTTPD_URL/smart-redir-perm/repo.git --quiet repo-p
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'follow redirects (302)' '
+	git clone $HTTPD_URL/smart-redir-temp/repo.git --quiet repo-t
+'
+
 stop_httpd
 test_done