diff --git a/linkcheck/src/main/org/apache/maven/linkcheck/validation/HTTPLinkValidator.java b/linkcheck/src/main/org/apache/maven/linkcheck/validation/HTTPLinkValidator.java
index 50cca565..5f263586 100644
--- a/linkcheck/src/main/org/apache/maven/linkcheck/validation/HTTPLinkValidator.java
+++ b/linkcheck/src/main/org/apache/maven/linkcheck/validation/HTTPLinkValidator.java
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
 /**
  * Checks links which are normal URLs
  * @author <a href="mailto:bwalding@apache.org">Ben Walding</a>
- * @version $Id: HTTPLinkValidator.java,v 1.5 2003/03/07 21:44:45 bwalding Exp $
+ * @version $Id: HTTPLinkValidator.java,v 1.6 2003/03/10 14:20:21 bwalding Exp $
  */
 public class HTTPLinkValidator implements LinkValidator
 {
@@ -133,6 +133,7 @@ public class HTTPLinkValidator implements LinkValidator
 
             GetMethod get = new GetMethod(link);
             cl.setState(state);
+            get.setFollowRedirects(true);
 
             // execute the GET
             int status = 404;