diff --git a/glanceclient/common/http.py b/glanceclient/common/http.py
index dfd746d..7c8c0f4 100644
--- a/glanceclient/common/http.py
+++ b/glanceclient/common/http.py
@@ -233,7 +233,8 @@ class HTTPClient(object):
             raise exc.from_response(resp, body_str)
         elif resp.status in (301, 302, 305):
             # Redirected. Reissue the request to the new location.
-            return self._http_request(resp['location'], method, **kwargs)
+            return self._http_request(resp.getheader('location', None), method,
+                                      **kwargs)
         elif resp.status == 300:
             raise exc.from_response(resp)
 
diff --git a/tests/test_http.py b/tests/test_http.py
index f25227a..8145546 100644
--- a/tests/test_http.py
+++ b/tests/test_http.py
@@ -100,6 +100,30 @@ class TestClient(testtools.TestCase):
                        (comm_err.message, self.endpoint))
             self.assertTrue(self.endpoint in comm_err.message, fail_msg)
 
+    def test_request_redirected(self):
+        resp = utils.FakeResponse({'location': 'http://www.example.com'},
+                                  status=302, body=StringIO.StringIO())
+        httplib.HTTPConnection.request(
+            mox.IgnoreArg(),
+            mox.IgnoreArg(),
+            headers=mox.IgnoreArg(),
+        )
+        httplib.HTTPConnection.getresponse().AndReturn(resp)
+
+        # The second request should be to the redirected location
+        expected_response = 'Ok'
+        resp2 = utils.FakeResponse({}, StringIO.StringIO(expected_response))
+        httplib.HTTPConnection.request(
+            'GET',
+            'http://www.example.com',
+            headers=mox.IgnoreArg(),
+        )
+        httplib.HTTPConnection.getresponse().AndReturn(resp2)
+
+        self.mock.ReplayAll()
+
+        self.client.json_request('GET', '/v1/images/detail')
+
     def test_http_encoding(self):
         httplib.HTTPConnection.request(
             mox.IgnoreArg(),