diff --git a/FIX b/FIX
index 84504f0..a688ba0 100644
--- a/FIX
+++ b/FIX
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+http was preserving old host header during redirects
 fix smtp.send hang on source error
 add create field to FTP and SMTP and fix HTTP ugliness
 clean timeout argument to open functions in SMTP, HTTP and FTP
diff --git a/NEW b/NEW
index f6210b2..bc9ba2c 100644
--- a/NEW
+++ b/NEW
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ This is just a bug-fix/update release.
     * Improved: http.request is robust to evil servers that
       send inappropriate 100-continue messages (David Burgess);
 
+    * Fixed: http.request was using the old host header during
+      redirects (Florian Berger);
+
     * Fixed: sample unix.c had fallen through the cracks
       during development (Matthew Percival);
 
diff --git a/doc/index.html b/doc/index.html
index d5a1f30..3c0bbce 100644
--- a/doc/index.html
+++ b/doc/index.html
@@ -172,6 +172,8 @@ header (William Trenker);
 <li> Improved: <tt>http.request</tt> is robust to evil
 servers that send inappropriate 100-continue messages
 (David Burgess);
+<li> Fixed: <tt>http.request</tt> was using the old host header during
+redirects (Florian Berger);
 <li> Fixed: sample <tt>unix.c</tt> had fallen through the
 cracks during development (Matthew Percival); 
 <li> Fixed: error code was not being propagated correctly in
diff --git a/src/http.lua b/src/http.lua
index 6465c29..558f347 100644
--- a/src/http.lua
+++ b/src/http.lua
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ function tredirect(reqt, location)
     local result, code, headers, status = trequest {
         -- the RFC says the redirect URL has to be absolute, but some
         -- servers do not respect that
-        url = url.absolute(reqt, location),
+        url = url.absolute(reqt.url, location),
         source = reqt.source,
         sink = reqt.sink,
         headers = reqt.headers,