diff --git a/requests/sessions.py b/requests/sessions.py
index 639668f2..ba088bf2 100644
--- a/requests/sessions.py
+++ b/requests/sessions.py
@@ -116,7 +116,6 @@ class SessionRedirectMixin(object):
             resp.close()
 
             url = resp.headers['location']
-            method = req.method
 
             # Handle redirection without scheme (see: RFC 1808 Section 4)
             if url.startswith('//'):
@@ -140,22 +139,7 @@ class SessionRedirectMixin(object):
             if resp.is_permanent_redirect and req.url != prepared_request.url:
                 self.redirect_cache[req.url] = prepared_request.url
 
-            # http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7231#section-6.4.4
-            if (resp.status_code == codes.see_other and
-                    method != 'HEAD'):
-                method = 'GET'
-
-            # Do what the browsers do, despite standards...
-            # First, turn 302s into GETs.
-            if resp.status_code == codes.found and method != 'HEAD':
-                method = 'GET'
-
-            # Second, if a POST is responded to with a 301, turn it into a GET.
-            # This bizarre behaviour is explained in Issue 1704.
-            if resp.status_code == codes.moved and method == 'POST':
-                method = 'GET'
-
-            prepared_request.method = method
+            self.rebuild_method(prepared_request, resp)
 
             # https://github.com/kennethreitz/requests/issues/1084
             if resp.status_code not in (codes.temporary_redirect, codes.permanent_redirect):
@@ -262,6 +246,28 @@ class SessionRedirectMixin(object):
 
         return new_proxies
 
+    def rebuild_method(self, prepared_request, response):
+        """When being redirected we may want to change the method of the request
+        based on certain specs or browser behavior.
+        """
+        method = prepared_request.method
+
+        # http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7231#section-6.4.4
+        if response.status_code == codes.see_other and method != 'HEAD':
+            method = 'GET'
+
+        # Do what the browsers do, despite standards...
+        # First, turn 302s into GETs.
+        if response.status_code == codes.found and method != 'HEAD':
+            method = 'GET'
+
+        # Second, if a POST is responded to with a 301, turn it into a GET.
+        # This bizarre behaviour is explained in Issue 1704.
+        if response.status_code == codes.moved and method == 'POST':
+            method = 'GET'
+
+        prepared_request.method = method
+
 
 class Session(SessionRedirectMixin):
     """A Requests session.
diff --git a/tests/test_requests.py b/tests/test_requests.py
index 01e88da1..01811b8a 100755
--- a/tests/test_requests.py
+++ b/tests/test_requests.py
@@ -162,6 +162,49 @@ class TestRequests:
         else:
             pytest.fail('Expected custom max number of redirects to be respected but was not')
 
+    def test_http_301_changes_post_to_get(self, httpbin):
+        r = requests.post(httpbin('status', '301'))
+        assert r.status_code == 200
+        assert r.request.method == 'GET'
+        assert r.history[0].status_code == 301
+        assert r.history[0].is_redirect
+
+    def test_http_301_doesnt_change_head_to_get(self, httpbin):
+        r = requests.head(httpbin('status', '301'), allow_redirects=True)
+        print(r.content)
+        assert r.status_code == 200
+        assert r.request.method == 'HEAD'
+        assert r.history[0].status_code == 301
+        assert r.history[0].is_redirect
+
+    def test_http_302_changes_post_to_get(self, httpbin):
+        r = requests.post(httpbin('status', '302'))
+        assert r.status_code == 200
+        assert r.request.method == 'GET'
+        assert r.history[0].status_code == 302
+        assert r.history[0].is_redirect
+
+    def test_http_302_doesnt_change_head_to_get(self, httpbin):
+        r = requests.head(httpbin('status', '302'), allow_redirects=True)
+        assert r.status_code == 200
+        assert r.request.method == 'HEAD'
+        assert r.history[0].status_code == 302
+        assert r.history[0].is_redirect
+
+    def test_http_303_changes_post_to_get(self, httpbin):
+        r = requests.post(httpbin('status', '303'))
+        assert r.status_code == 200
+        assert r.request.method == 'GET'
+        assert r.history[0].status_code == 303
+        assert r.history[0].is_redirect
+
+    def test_http_303_doesnt_change_head_to_get(self, httpbin):
+        r = requests.head(httpbin('status', '303'), allow_redirects=True)
+        assert r.status_code == 200
+        assert r.request.method == 'HEAD'
+        assert r.history[0].status_code == 303
+        assert r.history[0].is_redirect
+
     # def test_HTTP_302_ALLOW_REDIRECT_POST(self):
     #     r = requests.post(httpbin('status', '302'), data={'some': 'data'})
     #     self.assertEqual(r.status_code, 200)