diff --git a/repository/url/lib.php b/repository/url/lib.php
index 20725c81f23..ba247ff7611 100644
--- a/repository/url/lib.php
+++ b/repository/url/lib.php
@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@ EOD;
         }
         $this->processedfiles[] = $url;
         $curl = new curl;
+        $curl->setopt(array('CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION' => true, 'CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS' => 3));
         $msg = $curl->head($url);
         $info = $curl->get_info();
         if ($info['http_code'] != 200) {