diff --git a/v2/cmd/nuclei/main.go b/v2/cmd/nuclei/main.go
index 0c0eb93f..072c380e 100644
--- a/v2/cmd/nuclei/main.go
+++ b/v2/cmd/nuclei/main.go
@@ -132,6 +132,8 @@ on extensive configurability, massive extensibility and ease of use.`)
 
 	createGroup(flagSet, "configs", "Configurations",
 		flagSet.StringVar(&cfgFile, "config", "", "path to the nuclei configuration file"),
+		flagSet.BoolVarP(&options.FollowRedirects, "follow-redirects", "fr", false, "enable following redirects for http templates"),
+		flagSet.IntVarP(&options.MaxRedirects, "max-redirects", "mr", 10, "max number of redirects to follow for http templates"),
 		flagSet.StringVarP(&options.ReportingConfig, "report-config", "rc", "", "nuclei reporting module configuration file"), // TODO merge into the config file or rename to issue-tracking
 		flagSet.StringSliceVarP(&options.CustomHeaders, "header", "H", []string{}, "custom headers in header:value format"),
 		flagSet.RuntimeMapVarP(&options.Vars, "var", "V", []string{}, "custom vars in var=value format"),
diff --git a/v2/pkg/protocols/http/httpclientpool/clientpool.go b/v2/pkg/protocols/http/httpclientpool/clientpool.go
index f1948300..f8439dc6 100644
--- a/v2/pkg/protocols/http/httpclientpool/clientpool.go
+++ b/v2/pkg/protocols/http/httpclientpool/clientpool.go
@@ -30,10 +30,11 @@ var (
 	// Dialer is a copy of the fastdialer from protocolstate
 	Dialer *fastdialer.Dialer
 
-	rawHttpClient *rawhttp.Client
-	poolMutex     *sync.RWMutex
-	normalClient  *retryablehttp.Client
-	clientPool    map[string]*retryablehttp.Client
+	rawHttpClient     *rawhttp.Client
+	forceMaxRedirects int
+	poolMutex         *sync.RWMutex
+	normalClient      *retryablehttp.Client
+	clientPool        map[string]*retryablehttp.Client
 )
 
 // Init initializes the clientpool implementation
@@ -42,6 +43,9 @@ func Init(options *types.Options) error {
 	if normalClient != nil {
 		return nil
 	}
+	if options.FollowRedirects {
+		forceMaxRedirects = options.MaxRedirects
+	}
 	poolMutex = &sync.RWMutex{}
 	clientPool = make(map[string]*retryablehttp.Client)
 
@@ -155,6 +159,10 @@ func wrappedGet(options *types.Options, configuration *Configuration) (*retryabl
 	followRedirects := configuration.FollowRedirects
 	maxRedirects := configuration.MaxRedirects
 
+	if forceMaxRedirects > 0 {
+		followRedirects = true
+		maxRedirects = forceMaxRedirects
+	}
 	// override connection's settings if required
 	if configuration.Connection != nil {
 		disableKeepAlives = configuration.Connection.DisableKeepAlive
diff --git a/v2/pkg/types/types.go b/v2/pkg/types/types.go
index f461518f..c4252bbc 100644
--- a/v2/pkg/types/types.go
+++ b/v2/pkg/types/types.go
@@ -119,6 +119,10 @@ type Options struct {
 	// InteractionsCoolDownPeriod is additional seconds to wait for interactions after closing
 	// of the poller.
 	InteractionsCoolDownPeriod int
+	// MaxRedirects is the maximum numbers of redirects to be followed.
+	MaxRedirects int
+	// FollowRedirects enables following redirects for http request module
+	FollowRedirects bool
 	// OfflineHTTP is a flag that specific offline processing of http response
 	// using same matchers/extractors from http protocol without the need
 	// to send a new request, reading responses from a file.