diff --git a/src/utils/http/http.c b/src/utils/http/http.c
index 52b05fa362f9c8ce656147e143a54ba371cf3201..976ef041ce6affa05fbfa6f2adc4902a67d5160a 100644
--- a/src/utils/http/http.c
+++ b/src/utils/http/http.c
@@ -478,7 +478,9 @@ int http_request(const char *url, struct http_get_options *options, long *respon
         if (options->resume) {
             curl_easy_setopt(curl_handle, CURLOPT_RESUME_FROM_LARGE, (curl_off_t)fsize);
         }
-        curl_easy_setopt(curl_handle, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, 1L);
+        if (!options->with_head) {
+            curl_easy_setopt(curl_handle, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, 1L);
+        }
         curl_easy_setopt(curl_handle, CURLOPT_WRITEDATA, pagefile);
         curl_easy_setopt(curl_handle, CURLOPT_WRITEFUNCTION, fwrite_file);
     } else {