diff --git a/lib/adapters/http.js b/lib/adapters/http.js
index 86251aa..23c40f5 100644
--- a/lib/adapters/http.js
+++ b/lib/adapters/http.js
@@ -3,8 +3,10 @@
 var utils = require('./../utils');
 var buildURL = require('./../helpers/buildURL');
 var transformData = require('./../helpers/transformData');
-var http = require('follow-redirects').http;
-var https = require('follow-redirects').https;
+var http = require('http');
+var https = require('https');
+var httpFollow = require('follow-redirects').http;
+var httpsFollow = require('follow-redirects').https;
 var url = require('url');
 var zlib = require('zlib');
 var pkg = require('./../../package.json');
@@ -70,8 +72,17 @@ module.exports = function httpAdapter(resolve, reject, config) {
     options.path = parsed.protocol + '//' + parsed.hostname + options.path;
   }
 
+  var transport;
+  if (config.maxRedirects === 0) {
+    transport = parsed.protocol === 'https:' ? https : http;
+  } else {
+    if (config.maxRedirects) {
+      options.maxRedirects = config.maxRedirects;
+    }
+    transport = parsed.protocol === 'https:' ? httpsFollow : httpFollow;
+  }
+
   // Create the request
-  var transport = parsed.protocol === 'https:' ? https : http;
   var req = transport.request(options, function handleResponse(res) {
     if (aborted) return;
 
@@ -101,7 +112,6 @@ module.exports = function httpAdapter(resolve, reject, config) {
       config: config,
       request: req
     };
-
     if (config.responseType === 'stream') {
       response.data = stream;
       settle(resolve, reject, response);
diff --git a/test/unit/adapters/http.js b/test/unit/adapters/http.js
index 9351fcb..54a4c4a 100644
--- a/test/unit/adapters/http.js
+++ b/test/unit/adapters/http.js
@@ -79,6 +79,25 @@ module.exports = {
     });
   },
 
+  testNoRedirect: function (test) {
+    server = http.createServer(function (req, res) {
+      res.setHeader('Location', '/foo');
+      res.statusCode = 302;
+      res.end();
+    }).listen(4444, function () {
+      axios.get('http://localhost:4444/', {
+        maxRedirects: 0,
+        validateStatus: function () {
+          return true;
+        }
+      }).then(function (res) {
+        test.equal(res.status, 302);
+        test.equal(res.headers['location'], '/foo');
+        test.done();
+      });
+    });
+  },
+
   testTransparentGunzip: function (test) {
     var data = {
       firstName: 'Fred',