diff --git a/gtk/blocklist.c b/gtk/blocklist.c
index 0984b8bfe..c17ea3591 100644
--- a/gtk/blocklist.c
+++ b/gtk/blocklist.c
@@ -109,8 +109,8 @@ blocklistThreadFunc( gpointer gcore )
         CURL * curl = curl_easy_init( );
         curl_easy_setopt( curl, CURLOPT_URL, url );
         curl_easy_setopt( curl, CURLOPT_ENCODING, "deflate" );
-        curl_easy_setopt( curl, CURLOPT_USERAGENT, "Transmission/"
-                                                   LONG_VERSION_STRING );
+        curl_easy_setopt( curl, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, 1L );
+        curl_easy_setopt( curl, CURLOPT_USERAGENT, "Transmission/" LONG_VERSION_STRING );
         curl_easy_setopt( curl, CURLOPT_VERBOSE, verbose );
         curl_easy_setopt( curl, CURLOPT_WRITEFUNCTION, writeFunc );
         curl_easy_setopt( curl, CURLOPT_WRITEDATA, &fd );