diff --git a/basis/http/client/client.factor b/basis/http/client/client.factor
index 2f6bcfafe9..016e347e89 100644
--- a/basis/http/client/client.factor
+++ b/basis/http/client/client.factor
@@ -12,8 +12,6 @@ IN: http.client
 
 ERROR: too-many-redirects ;
 
-CONSTANT: max-redirects 10
-
 <PRIVATE
 
 : write-request-line ( request -- request )
@@ -79,7 +77,7 @@ SYMBOL: redirects
 
 :: do-redirect ( quot: ( chunk -- ) response -- response )
     redirects inc
-    redirects get max-redirects < [
+    redirects get request get redirects>> < [
         request get clone
         response "location" header redirect-url
         response code>> 307 = [ "GET" >>method ] unless
@@ -116,7 +114,8 @@ SYMBOL: redirects
                 with-output-stream*
             ] [
                 in>> [
-                    read-response dup redirect? [ t ] [
+                    read-response dup redirect?
+                    request get redirects>> 0 > and [ t ] [
                         [ nip response set ]
                         [ read-response-body ]
                         [ ]
diff --git a/basis/http/client/debugger/debugger.factor b/basis/http/client/debugger/debugger.factor
index 413ae7bd85..3688f38193 100644
--- a/basis/http/client/debugger/debugger.factor
+++ b/basis/http/client/debugger/debugger.factor
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ! Copyright (C) 2008 Slava Pestov.
 ! See http://factorcode.org/license.txt for BSD license.
 USING: kernel summary debugger io make math.parser
-prettyprint http.client accessors ;
+prettyprint http http.client accessors ;
 IN: http.client.debugger
 
 M: too-many-redirects summary
diff --git a/basis/http/http-docs.factor b/basis/http/http-docs.factor
index 210066176f..e7ff38ac42 100644
--- a/basis/http/http-docs.factor
+++ b/basis/http/http-docs.factor
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ $nl
     { { $slot "header" } { "An assoc of HTTP header values. See " { $link "http.headers" } } }
     { { $slot "post-data" } { "See " { $link "http.post-data" } } }
     { { $slot "cookies" } { "A sequence of HTTP cookies. See " { $link "http.cookies" } } }
+    { { $slot "redirects" } { "Number of redirects to attempt before throwing an error. Default is " { $snippet "max-redirects" } " ." } }
 } } ;
 
 HELP: <response>
diff --git a/basis/http/http.factor b/basis/http/http.factor
index 2b68edfb8e..4c32954eee 100755
--- a/basis/http/http.factor
+++ b/basis/http/http.factor
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ http.parsers
 base64 ;
 IN: http
 
+CONSTANT: max-redirects 10
+
 : (read-header) ( -- alist )
     [ read-crlf dup f like ] [ parse-header-line ] produce nip ;
 
@@ -137,7 +139,8 @@ url
 version
 header
 post-data
-cookies ;
+cookies
+redirects ;
 
 : set-header ( request/response value key -- request/response )
     pick header>> set-at ;
@@ -154,7 +157,8 @@ cookies ;
         H{ } clone >>header
         V{ } clone >>cookies
         "close" "connection" set-header
-        "Factor http.client" "user-agent" set-header ;
+        "Factor http.client" "user-agent" set-header
+        max-redirects >>redirects ;
 
 : header ( request/response key -- value )
     swap header>> at ;