diff --git a/components/esp_http_client/esp_http_client.c b/components/esp_http_client/esp_http_client.c
index 91d344e05..d1283aebe 100644
--- a/components/esp_http_client/esp_http_client.c
+++ b/components/esp_http_client/esp_http_client.c
@@ -589,6 +589,17 @@ esp_err_t esp_http_client_cleanup(esp_http_client_handle_t client)
     return ESP_OK;
 }
 
+esp_err_t esp_http_client_set_redirection(esp_http_client_handle_t client)
+{
+    if (client == NULL) {
+        return ESP_ERR_INVALID_ARG;
+    }
+    if (client->location == NULL) {
+        return ESP_ERR_INVALID_ARG;
+    }
+    return esp_http_client_set_url(client, client->location);
+}
+
 static esp_err_t esp_http_check_response(esp_http_client_handle_t client)
 {
     char *auth_header = NULL;
diff --git a/components/esp_http_client/include/esp_http_client.h b/components/esp_http_client/include/esp_http_client.h
index 160d16fa5..18b68b883 100644
--- a/components/esp_http_client/include/esp_http_client.h
+++ b/components/esp_http_client/include/esp_http_client.h
@@ -376,6 +376,18 @@ esp_err_t esp_http_client_cleanup(esp_http_client_handle_t client);
  */
 esp_http_client_transport_t esp_http_client_get_transport_type(esp_http_client_handle_t client);
 
+/**
+ * @brief      Set redirection URL.
+ *             When received the 30x code from the server, the client stores the redirect URL provided by the server.
+ *             This function will set the current URL to redirect to enable client to execute the redirection request.
+ *
+ * @param[in]  client  The esp_http_client handle
+ *
+ * @return
+ *     - ESP_OK
+ *     - ESP_FAIL
+ */
+esp_err_t esp_http_client_set_redirection(esp_http_client_handle_t client);
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }