diff --git a/components/esp_http_client/esp_http_client.c b/components/esp_http_client/esp_http_client.c
index b3e63d0ec7..d6eb3d13cd 100644
--- a/components/esp_http_client/esp_http_client.c
+++ b/components/esp_http_client/esp_http_client.c
@@ -656,6 +656,9 @@ 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 8d9243a0ba..82fe6a2687 100644
--- a/components/esp_http_client/include/esp_http_client.h
+++ b/components/esp_http_client/include/esp_http_client.h
@@ -128,7 +128,11 @@ 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 fc2485cce5..a4a76ee368 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
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ static void http_rest_with_url(void)
     esp_http_client_config_t config = {
         .url = "http://httpbin.org/get",
         .event_handler = _http_event_handler,
+        .disable_auto_redirect = true,
     };
     esp_http_client_handle_t client = esp_http_client_init(&config);