diff --git a/newspaper/configuration.py b/newspaper/configuration.py
index 94688e70..bcaf52cb 100644
--- a/newspaper/configuration.py
+++ b/newspaper/configuration.py
@@ -57,6 +57,9 @@ def __init__(self):
         # Fail for error responses (e.g. 404 page)
         self.http_success_only = True
 
+        # Allow redirects (enabled by default)
+        self.allow_redirects = True
+
         # English is the fallback
         self._language = 'en'
 
diff --git a/newspaper/network.py b/newspaper/network.py
index 29f0e699..8ba02aa7 100644
--- a/newspaper/network.py
+++ b/newspaper/network.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 FAIL_ENCODING = 'ISO-8859-1'
 
 
-def get_request_kwargs(timeout, useragent, proxies, headers):
+def get_request_kwargs(timeout, useragent, proxies, headers, allow_redirects):
     """This Wrapper method exists b/c some values in req_kwargs dict
     are methods which need to be called every time we make a request
     """
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ def get_request_kwargs(timeout, useragent, proxies, headers):
         'headers': headers if headers else {'User-Agent': useragent},
         'cookies': cj(),
         'timeout': timeout,
-        'allow_redirects': True,
+        'allow_redirects': allow_redirects,
         'proxies': proxies
     }
 
@@ -55,12 +55,13 @@ def get_html_2XX_only(url, config=None, response=None):
     timeout = config.request_timeout
     proxies = config.proxies
     headers = config.headers
+    allow_redirects = config.allow_redirects
 
     if response is not None:
         return _get_html_from_response(response, config)
 
     response = requests.get(
-        url=url, **get_request_kwargs(timeout, useragent, proxies, headers))
+        url=url, **get_request_kwargs(timeout, useragent, proxies, headers, allow_redirects))
 
     html = _get_html_from_response(response, config)
 
@@ -107,7 +108,7 @@ def __init__(self, url, config=None):
     def send(self):
         try:
             self.resp = requests.get(self.url, **get_request_kwargs(
-                self.timeout, self.useragent, self.proxies, self.headers))
+                self.timeout, self.useragent, self.proxies, self.headers, self.config.allow_redirects))
             if self.config.http_success_only:
                 self.resp.raise_for_status()
         except requests.exceptions.RequestException as e: