diff --git a/lib/itamae/resource/http_request.rb b/lib/itamae/resource/http_request.rb
index dfe88759..236849ee 100644
--- a/lib/itamae/resource/http_request.rb
+++ b/lib/itamae/resource/http_request.rb
@@ -1,27 +1,45 @@
 require 'itamae'
 require 'uri'
-require 'net/http'
+require 'net/https'
 
 module Itamae
   module Resource
     class HttpRequest < File
-      UrlNotFoundError = Class.new(StandardError)
+      RedirectLimitExceeded = Class.new(StandardError)
 
       define_attribute :action, default: :get
       define_attribute :headers, type: Hash, default: {}
       define_attribute :message, type: String, default: ""
+      define_attribute :redirect_limit, type: Integer, default: 10
       define_attribute :url, type: String, required: true
 
       def pre_action
         uri = URI.parse(attributes.url)
-        http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
-        http.use_ssl = true if uri.scheme == "https"
-
-        case attributes.action
-        when :delete, :get, :options
-          response = http.method(attributes.action).call(uri.request_uri, attributes.headers)
-        when :post, :put
-          response = http.method(attributes.action).call(uri.request_uri, attributes.message, attributes.headers)
+        response = nil
+        redirects_followed = 0
+
+        loop do
+          http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
+          http.use_ssl = true if uri.scheme == "https"
+
+          case attributes.action
+          when :delete, :get, :options
+            response = http.method(attributes.action).call(uri.request_uri, attributes.headers)
+          when :post, :put
+            response = http.method(attributes.action).call(uri.request_uri, attributes.message, attributes.headers)
+          end
+
+          if response.kind_of?(Net::HTTPRedirection)
+            if redirects_followed < attributes.redirect_limit
+              uri = URI.parse(response["location"])
+              redirects_followed += 1
+              Itamae.logger.debug "Following redirect #{redirects_followed}/#{attributes.redirect_limit}"
+            else
+              raise RedirectLimitExceeded
+            end
+          else
+            break
+          end
         end
 
         attributes.content = response.body
diff --git a/spec/integration/default_spec.rb b/spec/integration/default_spec.rb
index 83673fe3..800fe229 100644
--- a/spec/integration/default_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/integration/default_spec.rb
@@ -101,6 +101,11 @@
   its(:content) { should match(/"User-Agent": "Itamae"/) }
 end
 
+describe file('/tmp/http_request_redirect.html') do
+  it { should be_file }
+  its(:content) { should match(/"from": "itamae"/) }
+end
+
 describe file('/tmp/notifies') do
   it { should be_file }
   its(:content) { should eq("2431") }
diff --git a/spec/integration/recipes/default.rb b/spec/integration/recipes/default.rb
index a8660318..432ad7cc 100644
--- a/spec/integration/recipes/default.rb
+++ b/spec/integration/recipes/default.rb
@@ -186,6 +186,11 @@
   url "https://httpbin.org/get"
 end
 
+http_request "/tmp/http_request_redirect.html" do
+  redirect_limit 1
+  url "https://httpbin.org/redirect-to?url=https%3A%2F%2Fhttpbin.org%2Fget%3Ffrom%3Ditamae"
+end
+
 ######
 
 service "cron" do