diff --git a/src/client.rs b/src/client.rs
index cba6109..9f8516c 100644
--- a/src/client.rs
+++ b/src/client.rs
@@ -91,6 +91,12 @@ pub fn connect_with_config<Req: IntoClientRequest>(
     config: Option<WebSocketConfig>,
 ) -> Result<(WebSocket<AutoStream>, Response)> {
     let request: Request = request.into_client_request()?;
+    // Copy all the fields from the initial reqeust **except** the URI. This will be used in the event of a redirection code
+    // Have to manually clone Method because there is one field that contains a Box,
+    // but in the case of normal request methods it is Copy
+    let request2 = Request::builder()
+        .method(request.method().clone())
+        .version(request.version());
     let uri = request.uri();
     let mode = uri_mode(uri)?;
     let host = request
@@ -104,10 +110,20 @@ pub fn connect_with_config<Req: IntoClientRequest>(
     let addrs = (host, port).to_socket_addrs()?;
     let mut stream = connect_to_some(addrs.as_slice(), &request.uri(), mode)?;
     NoDelay::set_nodelay(&mut stream, true)?;
-    client_with_config(request, stream, config).map_err(|e| match e {
+    match client_with_config(request, stream, config).map_err(|e| match e {
         HandshakeError::Failure(f) => f,
         HandshakeError::Interrupted(_) => panic!("Bug: blocking handshake not blocked"),
-    })
+    }) {
+        Ok(r) => Ok(r),
+        Err(e) => match e {
+            Error::Redirection(uri) =>  {
+                debug!("Redirecting to {}", uri);
+                let request = request2.uri(uri).body(()).unwrap();
+                connect_with_config(request, config)
+            }
+            _ => Err(e),
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 /// Connect to the given WebSocket in blocking mode.
diff --git a/src/error.rs b/src/error.rs
index 5c96dc7..9df1a45 100644
--- a/src/error.rs
+++ b/src/error.rs
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ use std::str;
 use std::string;
 
 use crate::protocol::Message;
+use http::Uri;
 
 #[cfg(feature = "tls")]
 pub mod tls {
@@ -62,6 +63,8 @@ pub enum Error {
     Url(Cow<'static, str>),
     /// HTTP error.
     Http(http::StatusCode),
+    /// HTTP 3xx redirection response
+    Redirection(Uri),
     /// HTTP format error.
     HttpFormat(http::Error),
 }
@@ -80,6 +83,7 @@ impl fmt::Display for Error {
             Error::Utf8 => write!(f, "UTF-8 encoding error"),
             Error::Url(ref msg) => write!(f, "URL error: {}", msg),
             Error::Http(code) => write!(f, "HTTP error: {}", code),
+            Error::Redirection(ref uri) => write!(f, "HTTP redirection to: {}", uri),
             Error::HttpFormat(ref err) => write!(f, "HTTP format error: {}", err),
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/handshake/client.rs b/src/handshake/client.rs
index 745da90..8b00338 100644
--- a/src/handshake/client.rs
+++ b/src/handshake/client.rs
@@ -160,7 +160,12 @@ impl VerifyData {
         // 1. If the status code received from the server is not 101, the
         // client handles the response per HTTP [RFC2616] procedures. (RFC 6455)
         if response.status() != StatusCode::SWITCHING_PROTOCOLS {
-            return Err(Error::Http(response.status()));
+            if response.status().is_redirection() {
+                let value = response.headers().get("Location").unwrap();
+                return Err(Error::Redirection(value.to_str()?.parse()?))
+            } else {
+                return Err(Error::Http(response.status()));
+            }
         }
         let headers = response.headers();