diff --git a/requests/models.py b/requests/models.py
index 5908928a..d8c0f3e8 100644
--- a/requests/models.py
+++ b/requests/models.py
@@ -291,7 +291,8 @@ class Request(object):
                     proxies=self.proxies,
                     verify=self.verify,
                     session=self.session,
-                    cert=self.cert
+                    cert=self.cert,
+                    prefetch=self.prefetch,
                 )
 
                 request.send()
@@ -458,7 +459,7 @@ class Request(object):
         except ValueError:
             return False
 
-    def send(self, anyway=False, prefetch=True):
+    def send(self, anyway=False, prefetch=None):
         """Sends the request. Returns True if successful, False if not.
         If there was an HTTPError during transmission,
         self.response.status_code will contain the HTTPError code.
@@ -467,6 +468,9 @@ class Request(object):
 
         :param anyway: If True, request will be sent, even if it has
         already been sent.
+
+        :param prefetch: If not None, will override the request's own setting
+        for prefetch.
         """
 
         # Build the URL
@@ -626,7 +630,9 @@ class Request(object):
             self.__dict__.update(r.__dict__)
 
             # If prefetch is True, mark content as consumed.
-            if prefetch or self.prefetch:
+            if prefetch is None:
+                prefetch = self.prefetch
+            if prefetch:
                 # Save the response.
                 self.response.content
 
diff --git a/tests/test_requests.py b/tests/test_requests.py
index 83ca69fd..dd08b2af 100755
--- a/tests/test_requests.py
+++ b/tests/test_requests.py
@@ -979,6 +979,22 @@ class RequestsTestSuite(TestSetup, TestBaseMixin, unittest.TestCase):
         t = json.loads(r.text)
         self.assertEqual(t.get('headers').get('Content-Type'), '')
 
+    def test_prefetch_redirect_bug(self):
+        """Test that prefetch persists across redirections."""
+        res = get(httpbin('redirect/2'), prefetch=False)
+        # prefetch should persist across the redirect; if it doesn't,
+        # this attempt to iterate will crash because the content has already
+        # been read.
+        first_line = next(res.iter_lines())
+        self.assertTrue(first_line.strip().decode('utf-8').startswith('{'))
+
+    def test_prefetch_return_response_interaction(self):
+        """Test that prefetch can be overridden as a kwarg to `send`."""
+        req = requests.get(httpbin('get'), return_response=False)
+        req.send(prefetch=False)
+        # content should not have been prefetched, and iter_lines should succeed
+        first_line = next(req.response.iter_lines())
+        self.assertTrue(first_line.strip().decode('utf-8').startswith('{'))
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     unittest.main()