diff --git a/components/esp_http_client/esp_http_client.c b/components/esp_http_client/esp_http_client.c
index 65ec5fcb47..ae304c408a 100644
--- a/components/esp_http_client/esp_http_client.c
+++ b/components/esp_http_client/esp_http_client.c
@@ -721,6 +721,9 @@ esp_err_t esp_http_client_set_redirection(esp_http_client_handle_t client)
 
 static esp_err_t esp_http_check_response(esp_http_client_handle_t client)
 {
+    if (client->response->status_code >= HttpStatus_Ok && client->response->status_code < HttpStatus_MultipleChoices) {
+        return ESP_OK;
+    }
     if (client->redirect_counter >= client->max_redirection_count || client->disable_auto_redirect) {
         ESP_LOGE(TAG, "Error, reach max_redirection_count count=%d", client->redirect_counter);
         return ESP_ERR_HTTP_MAX_REDIRECT;
diff --git a/components/esp_http_client/include/esp_http_client.h b/components/esp_http_client/include/esp_http_client.h
index 3304cfd73f..8fae84b0f0 100644
--- a/components/esp_http_client/include/esp_http_client.h
+++ b/components/esp_http_client/include/esp_http_client.h
@@ -136,7 +136,11 @@ typedef struct {
  * Enum for the HTTP status codes.
  */
 typedef enum {
+    /* 2xx - Success */
+    HttpStatus_Ok                = 200,
+
     /* 3xx - Redirection */
+    HttpStatus_MultipleChoices   = 300,
     HttpStatus_MovedPermanently  = 301,
     HttpStatus_Found             = 302,
     HttpStatus_TemporaryRedirect = 307,
diff --git a/examples/protocols/esp_http_client/main/esp_http_client_example.c b/examples/protocols/esp_http_client/main/esp_http_client_example.c
index 9c7fb68c95..1932320198 100644
--- a/examples/protocols/esp_http_client/main/esp_http_client_example.c
+++ b/examples/protocols/esp_http_client/main/esp_http_client_example.c
@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@ static void http_rest_with_url(void)
         .query = "esp",
         .event_handler = _http_event_handler,
         .user_data = local_response_buffer,        // Pass address of local buffer to get response
+        .disable_auto_redirect = true,
     };
     esp_http_client_handle_t client = esp_http_client_init(&config);