diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 36a3f8df3..d03954699 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@
 	* added support for torrents with odd piece sizes
 	* fixed issue with disk read cache not being cleared when removing torrents
 	* made the DHT socket bind to the same interface as the session
+	* fixed issue where an http proxy would not be used on redirects
 
 release 0.14.9
 
diff --git a/src/http_connection.cpp b/src/http_connection.cpp
index 2f3cccaa5..132f0c5c4 100644
--- a/src/http_connection.cpp
+++ b/src/http_connection.cpp
@@ -117,7 +117,6 @@ void http_connection::get(std::string const& url, time_duration timeout, int pri
 				ps->username + ":" + ps->password).c_str());
 		hostname = ps->hostname;
 		port = ps->port;
-		ps = 0;
 	}
 	else
 	{
@@ -220,6 +219,17 @@ void http_connection::start(std::string const& hostname, std::string const& port
 		}
 #endif
 
+		// in this case, the upper layer is assumed to have taken
+		// care of the proxying already. Don't instantiate the socket
+		// with this proxy
+		if ((ps->type == proxy_settings::http
+			|| ps->type == proxy_settings::http_pw)
+			&& !ssl)
+		{
+			ps = 0;
+		}
+		proxy_settings null_proxy;
+
 #ifdef TORRENT_USE_OPENSSL
 		if (m_ssl)
 		{
@@ -236,7 +246,8 @@ void http_connection::start(std::string const& hostname, std::string const& port
 			else
 #endif
 			{
-				ret = instantiate_connection(m_resolver.get_io_service(), m_proxy, s->next_layer());
+				ret = instantiate_connection(m_resolver.get_io_service()
+					, ps ? *ps : null_proxy, s->next_layer());
 			}
 
 			TORRENT_ASSERT(ret);
@@ -257,12 +268,13 @@ void http_connection::start(std::string const& hostname, std::string const& port
 #endif
 			{
 				ret = instantiate_connection(m_resolver.get_io_service()
-					, m_proxy, *m_sock.get<socket_type>());
+					, ps ? *ps : null_proxy, *m_sock.get<socket_type>());
 			}
 			TORRENT_ASSERT(ret);
 		}
 #else
-		bool ret = instantiate_connection(m_resolver.get_io_service(), m_proxy, m_sock);
+		bool ret = instantiate_connection(m_resolver.get_io_service()
+			, ps ? *ps : null_proxy, m_sock);
 		TORRENT_ASSERT(ret);
 #endif
 		if (m_bind_addr != address_v4::any())