diff --git a/nodes/core/io/21-httpin.js b/nodes/core/io/21-httpin.js
index 4f5305a43..82e684ac8 100644
--- a/nodes/core/io/21-httpin.js
+++ b/nodes/core/io/21-httpin.js
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@
 
 var RED = require(process.env.NODE_RED_HOME+"/red/red");
 var util = require("util");
-var http = require("http");
-var https = require("https");
+var http = require("follow-redirects").http;
+var https = require("follow-redirects").https;
 var urllib = require("url");
 var express = require("express");
 var jsonParser = express.json();
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 619d3808a..04d396818 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -32,7 +32,8 @@
         "oauth":"~0.9.10",
         "xml2js":"~0.2.8",
         "sentiment":"~0.2.1",
-        "irc":"~0.3.6"
+        "irc":"~0.3.6",
+        "follow-redirects":"~0.0.3"
     },
     "devDependencies": {
         "mocha": "~1.12.0",