diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Indexers/Definitions/Newznab/Newznab.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Indexers/Definitions/Newznab/Newznab.cs
index 17cf7392b..a971ed4dd 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Indexers/Definitions/Newznab/Newznab.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Indexers/Definitions/Newznab/Newznab.cs
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Indexers.Newznab
 
         public override string Name => "Newznab";
         public override string BaseUrl => Settings.BaseUrl;
+        public override bool FollowRedirect => true;
 
         public override DownloadProtocol Protocol => DownloadProtocol.Usenet;
         public override IndexerPrivacy Privacy => IndexerPrivacy.Private;
diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Indexers/HttpIndexerBase.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Indexers/HttpIndexerBase.cs
index c1ff88afc..e202dbbfc 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Indexers/HttpIndexerBase.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Indexers/HttpIndexerBase.cs
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Indexers
 
         public override bool SupportsRss => true;
         public override bool SupportsSearch => true;
+
+        public override bool FollowRedirect => false;
         public override IndexerCapabilities Capabilities { get; protected set; }
         public virtual int PageSize => 0;
         public virtual TimeSpan RateLimit => TimeSpan.FromSeconds(2);
@@ -397,7 +399,7 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Indexers
                 request.HttpRequest.RateLimit = RateLimit;
             }
 
-            request.HttpRequest.AllowAutoRedirect = false;
+            request.HttpRequest.AllowAutoRedirect = FollowRedirect;
 
             Cookies = GetCookies();
 
diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Indexers/IndexerBase.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Indexers/IndexerBase.cs
index 564259ea1..466eb8e70 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Indexers/IndexerBase.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Indexers/IndexerBase.cs
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Indexers
 
         public abstract string Name { get; }
         public abstract string BaseUrl { get; }
+        public abstract bool FollowRedirect { get; }
         public abstract DownloadProtocol Protocol { get; }
         public abstract IndexerPrivacy Privacy { get; }
         public int Priority { get; set; }