diff --git a/http.c b/http.c
index 5703074d95..1569c56108 100644
--- a/http.c
+++ b/http.c
@@ -894,6 +894,10 @@ static int http_request(const char *url,
 		curlinfo_strbuf(slot->curl, CURLINFO_CONTENT_TYPE,
 				options->content_type);
 
+	if (options && options->effective_url)
+		curlinfo_strbuf(slot->curl, CURLINFO_EFFECTIVE_URL,
+				options->effective_url);
+
 	curl_slist_free_all(headers);
 	strbuf_release(&buf);
 
diff --git a/http.h b/http.h
index 17116abc57..974ede7736 100644
--- a/http.h
+++ b/http.h
@@ -133,6 +133,12 @@ struct http_get_options {
 
 	/* If non-NULL, returns the content-type of the response. */
 	struct strbuf *content_type;
+
+	/*
+	 * If non-NULL, returns the URL we ended up at, including any
+	 * redirects we followed.
+	 */
+	struct strbuf *effective_url;
 };
 
 /* Return values for http_get_*() */