diff --git a/code/client/cl_curl.c b/code/client/cl_curl.c
index 5f6be1f4..cb5aa751 100644
--- a/code/client/cl_curl.c
+++ b/code/client/cl_curl.c
@@ -298,6 +298,8 @@ void CL_cURL_BeginDownload( const char *localName, const char *remoteURL )
 		CL_cURL_CallbackProgress);
 	qcurl_easy_setopt(clc.downloadCURL, CURLOPT_PROGRESSDATA, NULL);
 	qcurl_easy_setopt(clc.downloadCURL, CURLOPT_FAILONERROR, 1);
+	qcurl_easy_setopt(clc.downloadCURL, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, 1);
+	qcurl_easy_setopt(clc.downloadCURL, CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS, 5);
 	clc.downloadCURLM = qcurl_multi_init();	
 	if(!clc.downloadCURLM) {
 		qcurl_easy_cleanup(clc.downloadCURL);