diff --git a/docs/HISTORY.txt b/docs/HISTORY.txt
index 07fc7cd..fd10eec 100644
--- a/docs/HISTORY.txt
+++ b/docs/HISTORY.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 Changelog
 =========
 
+3.3 - (2018-12-11)
+---------------------
+* Feature: when building the request from an endpoint that followed redirects
+  the query works fine now
+  [alecghica refs #100666]
+
 3.2 - (2018-06-22)
 -----------------------
 * Change: updated URLs pointing to eea.europa.eu with https://
@@ -167,4 +173,3 @@ Changelog
 ------------------
 * First version available on PyPI
   [roug, moregale]
-
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 54811f8..d5c413a 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -10,19 +10,21 @@
 
 setup(name=NAME,
       version=VERSION,
+      description='Python API to query a SPARQL endpoint',
+      long_description = open('README.rst').read() + "\n\n" +
+                         open(os.path.join("docs", "HISTORY.txt")).read(),
       classifiers=[
         'Environment :: Console',
         'Intended Audience :: Developers',
         "Programming Language :: Python",
         'Operating System :: OS Independent',
         'Topic :: Software Development :: Libraries :: Python Modules',
-      ],  
-      description='Python API to query a SPARQL endpoint',
-      long_description = open('README.rst').read() + "\n\n" +
-                         open(os.path.join("docs", "HISTORY.txt")).read(),
+      ],
+      keywords="Sparql Client",
       author='European Environment Agency: IDM2 A-Team',
       author_email='eea-edw-a-team-alerts@googlegroups.com',
       url='https://github.com/eea/sparql-client',
+      license="MPL",
       py_modules =['sparql'],
       install_requires=[
           'eventlet',
diff --git a/sparql.py b/sparql.py
index a0f538e..3989372 100755
--- a/sparql.py
+++ b/sparql.py
@@ -490,6 +490,11 @@ def _read_response(self, response, buf, timeout):
         else:
             buf.write(response.read())
 
+    def _build_response(self, query, opener, buf, timeout):
+        request = self._build_request(query)
+        return self._get_response(opener, request, buf,
+                                      timeout if timeout > 0 else None)
+
     def _request(self, statement, timeout=0):
         """
         Builds the query string, then opens a connection to the endpoint
@@ -498,12 +503,14 @@ def _request(self, statement, timeout=0):
         query = self._queryString(statement)
         buf = tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile()
 
-        opener = urllib2.build_opener()
+        opener = urllib2.build_opener(RedirectHandler)
         opener.addheaders = self.headers().items()
 
-        request = self._build_request(query)
-        response = self._get_response(opener, request, buf,
-                                      timeout if timeout > 0 else None)
+        try:
+            response = self._build_response(query, opener, buf, timeout)
+        except SparqlException, error:
+            self.endpoint = error.message
+            response = self._build_response(query, opener, buf, timeout)
 
         self._read_response(response, buf, timeout)
 
@@ -544,6 +551,17 @@ def _queryString(self, statement):
         return urlencode(args)
 
 
+class RedirectHandler(urllib2.HTTPRedirectHandler):
+    """
+    Subclass the HTTPRedirectHandler to re-contruct request when follow redirect
+    """
+    def redirect_request(self, req, fp, code, msg, headers, newurl): 
+        if code in (301, 302, 303, 307):
+            raise SparqlException(code, newurl)
+        else:
+            return req
+
+
 class _ResultsParser(object):
     """
     Parse the XML result.
diff --git a/version.txt b/version.txt
index a3ec5a4..eb39e53 100644
--- a/version.txt
+++ b/version.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-3.2
+3.3