diff --git a/ixwebsocket/IXHttpClient.cpp b/ixwebsocket/IXHttpClient.cpp
index 1646a4ba..6704248f 100644
--- a/ixwebsocket/IXHttpClient.cpp
+++ b/ixwebsocket/IXHttpClient.cpp
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ namespace ix
         const std::string& verb,
         const WebSocketHttpHeaders& extraHeaders,
         const HttpParameters& httpParameters,
+        bool followRedirects,
         bool verbose)
     {
         int code = 0;
@@ -188,18 +189,22 @@ namespace ix
         }
 
         // Redirect ?
-        if (code == 301)
+        if (code == 301 && followRedirects)
         {
             if (headers.find("location") == headers.end())
             {
                 code = 0; // 0 ?
                 std::string errorMsg("Missing location header for redirect");
                 return std::make_tuple(code, headers, payload, errorMsg);
-
             }
 
             std::string location = headers["location"];
-            return request(location, verb, extraHeaders, httpParameters, verbose);
+            return request(location, verb, extraHeaders, httpParameters, followRedirects, verbose);
+        }
+
+        if (verb == "HEAD")
+        {
+            return std::make_tuple(code, headers, payload, std::string());
         }
 
         // Parse response:
@@ -291,18 +296,35 @@ namespace ix
     HttpResponse HttpClient::get(
         const std::string& url,
         const WebSocketHttpHeaders& extraHeaders,
+        bool followRedirects,
         bool verbose)
     {
-        return request(url, "GET", extraHeaders, HttpParameters(), verbose);
+        return request(url, "GET", extraHeaders,
+                       HttpParameters(), followRedirects,
+                       verbose);
     }
 
     HttpResponse HttpClient::post(
         const std::string& url,
         const WebSocketHttpHeaders& extraHeaders,
         const HttpParameters& httpParameters,
+        bool followRedirects,
         bool verbose)
     {
-        return request(url, "POST", extraHeaders, httpParameters, verbose);
+        return request(url, "POST", extraHeaders,
+                       httpParameters, followRedirects,
+                       verbose);
+    }
+
+    HttpResponse HttpClient::head(
+        const std::string& url,
+        const WebSocketHttpHeaders& extraHeaders,
+        bool followRedirects,
+        bool verbose)
+    {
+        return request(url, "HEAD", extraHeaders,
+                       HttpParameters(), followRedirects,
+                       verbose);
     }
 
     std::string HttpClient::urlEncode(const std::string& value)
diff --git a/ixwebsocket/IXHttpClient.h b/ixwebsocket/IXHttpClient.h
index 1e10a92d..fb719af8 100644
--- a/ixwebsocket/IXHttpClient.h
+++ b/ixwebsocket/IXHttpClient.h
@@ -30,10 +30,18 @@ namespace ix
         // Static methods ?
         HttpResponse get(const std::string& url,
                          const WebSocketHttpHeaders& extraHeaders,
+                         bool followRedirects,
                          bool verbose);
+
         HttpResponse post(const std::string& url,
                           const WebSocketHttpHeaders& extraHeaders,
                           const HttpParameters& httpParameters,
+                          bool followRedirects,
+                          bool verbose);
+
+        HttpResponse head(const std::string& url,
+                          const WebSocketHttpHeaders& extraHeaders,
+                          bool followRedirects,
                           bool verbose);
 
     private:
@@ -41,6 +49,7 @@ namespace ix
                              const std::string& verb,
                              const WebSocketHttpHeaders& extraHeaders,
                              const HttpParameters& httpParameters,
+                             bool followRedirects,
                              bool verbose);
 
         std::string urlEncode(const std::string& value);
diff --git a/ws/ws.cpp b/ws/ws.cpp
index 91020163..cae206aa 100644
--- a/ws/ws.cpp
+++ b/ws/ws.cpp
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@ namespace ix
     int ws_http_client_main(const std::string& url,
                             const std::string& headers,
                             const std::string& data,
-                            bool headersOnly);
+                            bool headersOnly,
+                            bool followRedirects);
 
     int ws_ping_pong_main(const std::string& url);
 
@@ -53,6 +54,7 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv)
     std::string data;
     std::string headers;
     bool headersOnly = false;
+    bool followRedirects = false;
     int port = 8080;
 
     CLI::App* sendApp = app.add_subcommand("send", "Send a file");
@@ -88,6 +90,7 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv)
     httpClientApp->add_option("-F", data, "Form data")->join();
     httpClientApp->add_option("-H", headers, "Header")->join();
     httpClientApp->add_flag("-I", headersOnly, "Header");
+    httpClientApp->add_flag("-L", followRedirects, "Header");
 
     CLI11_PARSE(app, argc, argv);
 
@@ -129,7 +132,7 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv)
     else if (app.got_subcommand("http_client"))
     {
         std::cout << "data: " << data << std::endl;
-        return ix::ws_http_client_main(url, headers, data, headersOnly);
+        return ix::ws_http_client_main(url, headers, data, headersOnly, followRedirects);
     }
 
     return 1;
diff --git a/ws/ws_http_client.cpp b/ws/ws_http_client.cpp
index a456e74d..4716affc 100644
--- a/ws/ws_http_client.cpp
+++ b/ws/ws_http_client.cpp
@@ -68,7 +68,8 @@ namespace ix
     int ws_http_client_main(const std::string& url,
                             const std::string& headersData,
                             const std::string& data,
-                            bool headersOnly)
+                            bool headersOnly,
+                            bool followRedirects)
     {
         HttpParameters httpParameters = parsePostParameters(data);
         WebSocketHttpHeaders headers = parseHeaders(headersData);
@@ -76,13 +77,22 @@ namespace ix
         HttpClient httpClient;
         bool verbose = true;
         HttpResponse out;
-        if (data.empty())
+        if (headersOnly)
         {
-            out = httpClient.get(url, headers, verbose);
+            out = httpClient.head(url, headers,
+                                  followRedirects, verbose);
+        }
+        else if (data.empty())
+        {
+            out = httpClient.get(url, headers,
+                                 followRedirects, verbose);
         }
         else
         {
-            out = httpClient.post(url, headers, httpParameters, verbose);
+            out = httpClient.post(url, headers,
+                                  httpParameters,
+                                  followRedirects,
+                                  verbose);
         }
         auto errorCode = std::get<0>(out);
         auto responseHeaders = std::get<1>(out);