diff --git a/library/Requests.php b/library/Requests.php
index 854491b81..afeff666b 100755
--- a/library/Requests.php
+++ b/library/Requests.php
@@ -595,7 +595,7 @@ protected static function parse_response($headers, $url, $req_headers, $req_data
 				}
 				$options['redirected']++;
 				$location = $return->headers['location'];
-				if (strpos ($location, '/') === 0) {
+				if (strpos ($location, 'http://') !== 0 && strpos ($location, 'https://') !== 0) {
 					// relative redirect, for compatibility make it absolute
 					$location = Requests_IRI::absolutize($url, $location);
 					$location = $location->uri;