diff --git a/ixwebsocket/IXHttpServer.cpp b/ixwebsocket/IXHttpServer.cpp
index a4e686fa..5ed667d4 100644
--- a/ixwebsocket/IXHttpServer.cpp
+++ b/ixwebsocket/IXHttpServer.cpp
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #include "IXNetSystem.h"
 #include "IXSocketConnect.h"
 #include "IXSocketFactory.h"
+#include "IXUserAgent.h"
 #include <fstream>
 #include <iostream>
 #include <sstream>
@@ -112,6 +113,9 @@ namespace ix
                     uri = "/index.html";
                 }
 
+                WebSocketHttpHeaders headers;
+                headers["Server"] = userAgent();
+
                 std::string path("." + uri);
                 auto res = readAsString(path);
                 bool found = res.first;
@@ -129,7 +133,6 @@ namespace ix
                    << request->uri << " " << content.size();
                 logInfo(ss.str());
 
-                WebSocketHttpHeaders headers;
                 // FIXME: check extensions to set the content type
                 // headers["Content-Type"] = "application/octet-stream";
                 headers["Accept-Ranges"] = "none";
@@ -143,4 +146,36 @@ namespace ix
                     200, "OK", HttpErrorCode::Ok, headers, content);
             });
     }
+
+    void HttpServer::makeRedirectServer(const std::string& redirectUrl)
+    {
+        //
+        // See https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Redirections
+        //
+        setOnConnectionCallback(
+            [this, redirectUrl](
+                HttpRequestPtr request,
+                std::shared_ptr<ConnectionState> /*connectionState*/) -> HttpResponsePtr {
+
+                WebSocketHttpHeaders headers;
+                headers["Server"] = userAgent();
+
+                // Log request
+                std::stringstream ss;
+                ss << request->method << " " << request->headers["User-Agent"] << " "
+                   << request->uri;
+                logInfo(ss.str());
+
+                if (request->method == "POST")
+                {
+                    return std::make_shared<HttpResponse>(
+                        200, "OK", HttpErrorCode::Ok, headers, std::string());
+                }
+
+                headers["Location"] = redirectUrl;
+
+                return std::make_shared<HttpResponse>(
+                    301, "OK", HttpErrorCode::Ok, headers, std::string());
+            });
+    }
 } // namespace ix
diff --git a/ixwebsocket/IXHttpServer.h b/ixwebsocket/IXHttpServer.h
index 67c2c6b1..60da4129 100644
--- a/ixwebsocket/IXHttpServer.h
+++ b/ixwebsocket/IXHttpServer.h
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ namespace ix
 
         void setOnConnectionCallback(const OnConnectionCallback& callback);
 
+        void makeRedirectServer(const std::string& redirectUrl);
+
     private:
         // Member variables
         OnConnectionCallback _onConnectionCallback;
diff --git a/ixwebsocket/IXWebSocketHandshake.cpp b/ixwebsocket/IXWebSocketHandshake.cpp
index 87f94df0..9459028e 100644
--- a/ixwebsocket/IXWebSocketHandshake.cpp
+++ b/ixwebsocket/IXWebSocketHandshake.cpp
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ namespace ix
         ss << " ";
         ss << reason;
         ss << "\r\n";
+        ss << "Server: " << userAgent() << "\r\n";
 
         // Socket write can only be cancelled through a timeout here, not manually.
         static std::atomic<bool> requestInitCancellation(false);
diff --git a/test/IXHttpServerTest.cpp b/test/IXHttpServerTest.cpp
index 303035b8..53d4eef5 100644
--- a/test/IXHttpServerTest.cpp
+++ b/test/IXHttpServerTest.cpp
@@ -62,4 +62,55 @@ TEST_CASE("http server", "[httpd]")
 
         server.stop();
     }
+
+    SECTION("Connect to a local HTTP server, with redirection enabled")
+    {
+        int port = getFreePort();
+        ix::HttpServer server(port, "127.0.0.1");
+        server.makeRedirectServer("http://example.com");
+
+        auto res = server.listen();
+        REQUIRE(res.first);
+        server.start();
+
+        HttpClient httpClient;
+        WebSocketHttpHeaders headers;
+
+        std::string url("http://127.0.0.1:");
+        url += std::to_string(port);
+        url += "/data/foo.txt";
+        auto args = httpClient.createRequest(url);
+
+        args->extraHeaders = headers;
+        args->connectTimeout = 60;
+        args->transferTimeout = 60;
+        args->followRedirects = false; // we dont want to follow redirect during testing
+        args->maxRedirects = 10;
+        args->verbose = true;
+        args->compress = true;
+        args->logger = [](const std::string& msg) { std::cout << msg; };
+        args->onProgressCallback = [](int current, int total) -> bool {
+            std::cerr << "\r"
+                      << "Downloaded " << current << " bytes out of " << total;
+            return true;
+        };
+
+        auto response = httpClient.get(url, args);
+
+        for (auto it : response->headers)
+        {
+            std::cerr << it.first << ": " << it.second << std::endl;
+        }
+
+        std::cerr << "Upload size: " << response->uploadSize << std::endl;
+        std::cerr << "Download size: " << response->downloadSize << std::endl;
+        std::cerr << "Status: " << response->statusCode << std::endl;
+        std::cerr << "Error message: " << response->errorMsg << std::endl;
+
+        REQUIRE(response->errorCode == HttpErrorCode::Ok);
+        REQUIRE(response->statusCode == 301);
+        REQUIRE(response->headers["Location"] == "http://example.com");
+
+        server.stop();
+    }
 }
diff --git a/ws/ws_httpd.cpp b/ws/ws_httpd.cpp
index 52714116..16729a55 100644
--- a/ws/ws_httpd.cpp
+++ b/ws/ws_httpd.cpp
@@ -24,33 +24,7 @@ namespace ix
 
         if (redirect)
         {
-            //
-            // See https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Redirections
-            //
-            server.setOnConnectionCallback(
-                [redirectUrl](
-                    HttpRequestPtr request,
-                    std::shared_ptr<ConnectionState> /*connectionState*/) -> HttpResponsePtr {
-
-                    WebSocketHttpHeaders headers;
-
-                    // Log request
-                    std::stringstream ss;
-                    ss << request->method << " " << request->headers["User-Agent"] << " "
-                       << request->uri;
-                    spdlog::info(ss.str());
-
-                    if (request->method == "POST")
-                    {
-                        return std::make_shared<HttpResponse>(
-                            200, "OK", HttpErrorCode::Ok, headers, std::string());
-                    }
-
-                    headers["Location"] = redirectUrl;
-
-                    return std::make_shared<HttpResponse>(
-                        301, "OK", HttpErrorCode::Ok, headers, std::string());
-                });
+            server.makeRedirectServer(redirectUrl);
         }
 
         auto res = server.listen();