diff --git a/packages/node_modules/@node-red/nodes/core/network/21-httprequest.js b/packages/node_modules/@node-red/nodes/core/network/21-httprequest.js
index fcb6a29df..afb17e3da 100644
--- a/packages/node_modules/@node-red/nodes/core/network/21-httprequest.js
+++ b/packages/node_modules/@node-red/nodes/core/network/21-httprequest.js
@@ -146,6 +146,7 @@ module.exports = function(RED) {
             }
             if (msg.hasOwnProperty('followRedirects')) {
                 opts.followRedirect = msg.followRedirects;
+                opts.followAllRedirects = !!opts.followRedirect;
             }
             var redirectList = [];
             if (!opts.hasOwnProperty('followRedirect') || opts.followRedirect) {
@@ -282,7 +283,7 @@ module.exports = function(RED) {
                     node.error(RED._("httpin.errors.invalid-payload"),msg);
                     nodeDone();
                     return;
-                } 
+                }
             } else if ( method == "GET" && typeof msg.payload !== "undefined" && paytobody) {
                 if (typeof msg.payload === "object") {
                     opts.body = JSON.stringify(msg.payload);
@@ -302,7 +303,7 @@ module.exports = function(RED) {
                 opts.headers[clSet] = opts.headers['content-length'];
                 delete opts.headers['content-length'];
             }
-            
+
             var noproxy;
             if (noprox) {
                 for (var i = 0; i < noprox.length; i += 1) {