diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 8432c2e..4a738a6 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -129,7 +129,12 @@ function Fetch(url, opts) {
 			clearTimeout(reqTimeout);
 
 			// handle redirect
-			if (self.isRedirect(res.statusCode)) {
+			if (self.isRedirect(res.statusCode) && options.redirect !== 'manual') {
+				if (options.redirect === 'error') {
+					reject(new FetchError('redirect mode is set to error: ' + options.url, 'no-redirect'));
+					return;
+				}
+
 				if (options.counter >= options.follow) {
 					reject(new FetchError('maximum redirect reached at: ' + options.url, 'max-redirect'));
 					return;
@@ -169,6 +174,11 @@ function Fetch(url, opts) {
 				}
 			}
 
+			// normalize location header for manual redirect mode
+			if (options.redirect === 'manual') {
+				headers.set('location', resolve_url(options.url, headers.get('location')));
+			}
+
 			// response object
 			var output = new Response(body, {
 				url: options.url
diff --git a/lib/request.js b/lib/request.js
index 8901090..37dbf82 100644
--- a/lib/request.js
+++ b/lib/request.js
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ function Request(input, init) {
 
 	// fetch spec options
 	this.method = init.method || input.method || 'GET';
+	this.redirect = init.redirect || input.redirect || 'follow';
 	this.headers = new Headers(init.headers || input.headers || {});
 	this.url = url;
 
diff --git a/test/test.js b/test/test.js
index f12668f..fcb2758 100644
--- a/test/test.js
+++ b/test/test.js
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ describe('node-fetch', function() {
 		url = 'http://localhost:50000/';
 		return expect(fetch(url)).to.eventually.be.rejected
 			.and.be.an.instanceOf(FetchError)
-			.and.include({type: 'system', code: 'ECONNREFUSED', errno: 'ECONNREFUSED'});
+			.and.include({ type: 'system', code: 'ECONNREFUSED', errno: 'ECONNREFUSED' });
 	});
 
 	it('should resolve into response', function() {
@@ -298,6 +298,28 @@ describe('node-fetch', function() {
 			.and.have.property('type', 'max-redirect');
 	});
 
+	it('should support redirect mode, manual flag', function() {
+		url = base + '/redirect/301';
+		opts = {
+			redirect: 'manual'
+		};
+		return fetch(url, opts).then(function(res) {
+			expect(res.url).to.equal(base + '/redirect/301');
+			expect(res.status).to.equal(301);
+			expect(res.headers.get('location')).to.equal(base + '/inspect');
+		});
+	});
+
+	it('should support redirect mode, error flag', function() {
+		url = base + '/redirect/301';
+		opts = {
+			redirect: 'error'
+		};
+		return expect(fetch(url, opts)).to.eventually.be.rejected
+			.and.be.an.instanceOf(FetchError)
+			.and.have.property('type', 'no-redirect');
+	});
+
 	it('should follow redirect code 301 and keep existing headers', function() {
 		url = base + '/redirect/301';
 		opts = {
@@ -1145,6 +1167,7 @@ describe('node-fetch', function() {
 		var req = new Request(url, {
 			body: body
 			, method: 'POST'
+			, redirect: 'manual'
 			, headers: {
 				b: '2'
 			}
@@ -1155,6 +1178,7 @@ describe('node-fetch', function() {
 		var cl = req.clone();
 		expect(cl.url).to.equal(url);
 		expect(cl.method).to.equal('POST');
+		expect(cl.redirect).to.equal('manual');
 		expect(cl.headers.get('b')).to.equal('2');
 		expect(cl.follow).to.equal(3);
 		expect(cl.compress).to.equal(false);