diff --git a/src/rankmirrors.sh.in b/src/rankmirrors.sh.in
index c2f564b..a8de15c 100644
--- a/src/rankmirrors.sh.in
+++ b/src/rankmirrors.sh.in
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ err() {
 # gettime fetchurl (e.g gettime http://foo.com/core/os/i686/core.db.tar.gz)
 # returns the fetching time, or timeout, or unreachable
 gettime() {
-	IFS=' ' output=( $(curl -s -m $MAX_TIME -w "%{time_total} %{http_code}" "$1" -o/dev/null) )
+	IFS=' ' output=( $(curl -L -s -m $MAX_TIME -w "%{time_total} %{http_code}" "$1" -o/dev/null) )
 	(( $? == 28 )) && echo timeout && return
 	(( ${output[1]} >= 400 || ! ${output[1]} )) && echo unreachable && return
 	echo "${output[0]}"