diff --git a/fasjson_client/client.py b/fasjson_client/client.py
index 84ed14ad..96b471d4 100644
--- a/fasjson_client/client.py
+++ b/fasjson_client/client.py
@@ -24,6 +24,12 @@ class InvalidJSONError(RequestException):
 from .formats import mask_format
 
 
+class RequestsClientFollowingRedirects(requests_client.RequestsClient):
+    def separate_params(self, request_params):
+        request_params["follow_redirects"] = True
+        return super().separate_params(request_params)
+
+
 class Client:
     """FASJSON client class that builds API methods based on openapi specs.
 
@@ -66,7 +72,7 @@ def _spec_url(self):
         return urljoin(self._base_url, f"specs/v{self._api_version}.json")
 
     def _make_bravado_client(self):
-        http_client = requests_client.RequestsClient()
+        http_client = RequestsClientFollowingRedirects()
         server_hostname = urlsplit(self._base_url).netloc
         if self._auth:
             http_client.authenticator = GssapiAuthenticator(
diff --git a/fasjson_client/response.py b/fasjson_client/response.py
index c7f0c282..33c64a05 100644
--- a/fasjson_client/response.py
+++ b/fasjson_client/response.py
@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@ def __call__(self, **kwargs):
         Raises:
             APIError: if the API doesn't return a successful response
         """
+        # Unfortunately this does not work because of
+        # https://github.com/Yelp/bravado/issues/494
+        # kwargs.setdefault("_request_options", {})["follow_redirects"] = True
         try:
             call_result = self.operation(**kwargs).response().result
         except HTTPError as e: