diff --git a/THANKS b/THANKS
index 13e49942..afd6ffb9 100644
--- a/THANKS
+++ b/THANKS
@@ -28,5 +28,5 @@ Richard Jones <rj@metabrew.com>
 Eduardo Gurgel <eduardo@gurgel.me>
 Mayorov Andrey <avmayorov@platbox.com>
 omarkj <omarkj@gmail.com>
-Pavel Abalihin <anpavl@gmail.com>
+Pavel Abalikhin <anpavl@gmail.com>
 Ilya Khaprov <dead.trickster@gmail.com>
diff --git a/src/hackney.erl b/src/hackney.erl
index 57155638..9aff81c6 100644
--- a/src/hackney.erl
+++ b/src/hackney.erl
@@ -801,9 +801,14 @@ redirect(Client0, {Method, NewLocation, Headers, Body}) ->
   Client1 = hackney_connect:check_or_close(Client),
 
   %% update the state with the redirect info
+  RedirectNetloc = hackney_url:netloc(
+                     hackney_url:transport_scheme(RedirectTransport),
+                     RedirectHost,
+                     RedirectPort),
   Client2 = Client1#client{transport=RedirectTransport,
                            host=RedirectHost,
                            port=RedirectPort,
+                           netloc=RedirectNetloc,
                            options=Opts},
 
   %% send a request to the new location
diff --git a/src/hackney_connect.erl b/src/hackney_connect.erl
index 0640521e..60372fff 100644
--- a/src/hackney_connect.erl
+++ b/src/hackney_connect.erl
@@ -49,12 +49,8 @@ create_connection(Transport, Host, Port, Options) ->
 
 create_connection(Transport, Host, Port, Options, Dynamic)
   when is_list(Options) ->
-  Netloc = case {Transport, Port} of
-             {hackney_tcp, 80}  -> list_to_binary(Host);
-             {hackney_ssl, 443} -> list_to_binary(Host);
-             _ ->
-               iolist_to_binary([Host, ":", integer_to_list(Port)])
-           end,
+  Netloc = hackney_url:netloc(hackney_url:transport_scheme(Transport),
+                              Host, Port),
   %% default timeout
   Timeout = proplists:get_value(recv_timeout, Options, ?RECV_TIMEOUT),
   FollowRedirect = proplists:get_value(follow_redirect, Options, false),
diff --git a/src/hackney_url.erl b/src/hackney_url.erl
index f6a8f481..a055a9ef 100644
--- a/src/hackney_url.erl
+++ b/src/hackney_url.erl
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 
 -export([parse_url/1,
   transport_scheme/1,
+  netloc/3,
   unparse_url/1,
   urldecode/1, urldecode/2,
   urlencode/1, urlencode/2,
@@ -94,14 +95,7 @@ normalize(#hackney_url{}=Url, Fun) when is_function(Fun, 1) ->
       
                        %% encode domain if needed
                        Host2 = idna:to_ascii(Host1),
-                       Netloc1 = case {Scheme, Port} of
-                                   {http, 80} -> list_to_binary(Host2);
-                                   {https, 443} -> list_to_binary(Host2);
-                                   {http_unix, _} -> list_to_binary(Host2);
-                                   _ ->
-                                     iolist_to_binary([Host2, ":", integer_to_list(Port)])
-                                 end,
-                       {Host2, Netloc1}
+                       {Host2, netloc(Scheme, Host2, Port)}
                    end,
   Path1 = Fun(Path),
   Url#hackney_url{host=Host, netloc=Netloc, path=Path1}.
@@ -113,6 +107,15 @@ transport_scheme(hackney_ssl) ->
 transport_scheme(hackney_local_tcp) ->
   http_unix.
 
+netloc(http, Host, 80) ->
+    list_to_binary(Host);
+netloc(https, Host, 443) ->
+    list_to_binary(Host);
+netloc(http_unix, Host, _Port) ->
+    list_to_binary(Host);
+netloc(_, Host, Port) ->
+    iolist_to_binary([Host, ":", integer_to_list(Port)]).
+
 unparse_url(#hackney_url{}=Url) ->
   #hackney_url{scheme = Scheme,
     netloc = Netloc,