diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index 61874982..8dccb461 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -38,4 +38,5 @@ Patches and Suggestions
 - Armin Ronacher
 - Shrikant Sharat Kandula
 - Mikko Ohtamaa
-- Den Shabalin
\ No newline at end of file
+- Den Shabalin
+- Daniel Miller <danielm@vs-networks.com>
diff --git a/requests/api.py b/requests/api.py
index 0cea63d4..e22ba42c 100644
--- a/requests/api.py
+++ b/requests/api.py
@@ -90,9 +90,11 @@ def get(url, **kwargs):
     :param cookies: (optional) Dict or CookieJar object to send with the :class:`Request`.
     :param auth: (optional) AuthObject to enable Basic HTTP Auth.
     :param timeout: (optional) Float describing the timeout of the request.
+    :param allow_redirects: (optional) Boolean. Set to False to disable redirect following.
     :param proxies: (optional) Dictionary mapping protocol to the URL of the proxy.
     """
 
+    kwargs.setdefault('allow_redirects', True)
     return request('GET', url, **kwargs)
 
 
@@ -106,9 +108,11 @@ def head(url, **kwargs):
     :param cookies: (optional) Dict or CookieJar object to send with the :class:`Request`.
     :param auth: (optional) AuthObject to enable Basic HTTP Auth.
     :param timeout: (optional) Float describing the timeout of the request.
+    :param allow_redirects: (optional) Boolean. Set to False to disable redirect following.
     :param proxies: (optional) Dictionary mapping protocol to the URL of the proxy.
     """
 
+    kwargs.setdefault('allow_redirects', True)
     return request('HEAD', url, **kwargs)
 
 
diff --git a/requests/models.py b/requests/models.py
index 2d7fc8fe..b3a60c26 100644
--- a/requests/models.py
+++ b/requests/models.py
@@ -203,9 +203,7 @@ class Request(object):
 
             while (
                 ('location' in r.headers) and
-                ((self.method in ('GET', 'HEAD')) or
-                (r.status_code is codes.see_other) or
-                (self.allow_redirects))
+                ((r.status_code is codes.see_other) or (self.allow_redirects))
             ):
 
                 r.close()
diff --git a/test_requests.py b/test_requests.py
index dd923471..94c144f3 100755
--- a/test_requests.py
+++ b/test_requests.py
@@ -422,6 +422,24 @@ class RequestsTestSuite(unittest.TestCase):
             self.assertEquals(rbody.get('data'), '')
 
 
+    def test_GET_no_redirect(self):
+
+        for service in SERVICES:
+
+            r = requests.get(service('redirect', '3'), allow_redirects=False)
+            self.assertEquals(r.status_code, 302)
+            self.assertEquals(len(r.history), 0)
+
+
+    def test_HEAD_no_redirect(self):
+
+        for service in SERVICES:
+
+            r = requests.head(service('redirect', '3'), allow_redirects=False)
+            self.assertEquals(r.status_code, 302)
+            self.assertEquals(len(r.history), 0)
+
+
     def test_redirect_history(self):
 
         for service in SERVICES: