diff --git a/requests/api.py b/requests/api.py
index 4a392117..baf43dd6 100644
--- a/requests/api.py
+++ b/requests/api.py
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ def head(url, **kwargs):
     :param \*\*kwargs: Optional arguments that ``request`` takes.
     """
 
+    kwargs.setdefault('allow_redirects', False)
     return request('head', url, **kwargs)