diff --git a/util.c b/util.c
index 6b338471..af851eaf 100644
--- a/util.c
+++ b/util.c
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ json_t *json_rpc_call(CURL *curl, const char *url,
 	curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_READFUNCTION, upload_data_cb);
 	curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_READDATA, &upload_data);
 	curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_ERRORBUFFER, curl_err_str);
+	curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, 1);
 	if (userpass) {
 		curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_USERPWD, userpass);
 		curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_HTTPAUTH, CURLAUTH_BASIC);