diff --git a/lib/httparty.rb b/lib/httparty.rb
index 8664cbf..c12148c 100644
--- a/lib/httparty.rb
+++ b/lib/httparty.rb
@@ -127,6 +127,29 @@ module HTTParty
       end
     end
 
+    # Declare whether or not to follow redirects.  When true, an
+    # {HTTParty::RedirectionTooDeep} error will raise upon encountering a
+    # redirect. You can then gain access to the response object via
+    # HTTParty::RedirectionTooDeep#response.
+    #
+    # @see HTTParty::ResponseError#response
+    #
+    # @example
+    #   class Foo
+    #     include HTTParty
+    #     base_uri 'http://google.com'
+    #     no_follow true
+    #   end
+    #
+    #   begin
+    #     Foo.get('/')
+    #   rescue HTTParty::RedirectionTooDeep => e
+    #     puts e.response.body
+    #   end
+    def no_follow(value = false)
+      default_options[:no_follow] = value
+    end
+
     # Allows setting a PEM file to be used
     #
     #   class Foo
diff --git a/lib/httparty/request.rb b/lib/httparty/request.rb
index 774f3ae..67ac94f 100644
--- a/lib/httparty/request.rb
+++ b/lib/httparty/request.rb
@@ -13,13 +13,13 @@ module HTTParty
 
     SupportedURISchemes  = [URI::HTTP, URI::HTTPS]
 
-    attr_accessor :http_method, :path, :options
+    attr_accessor :http_method, :path, :options, :last_response
 
     def initialize(http_method, path, o={})
       self.http_method = http_method
       self.path = path
       self.options = {
-        :limit => o.delete(:no_follow) ? 0 : 5,
+        :limit => o.delete(:no_follow) ? 1 : 5,
         :default_params => {},
         :parser => Parser
       }.merge(o)
@@ -56,7 +56,8 @@ module HTTParty
     def perform
       validate
       setup_raw_request
-      handle_response(get_response)
+      get_response
+      handle_response
     end
 
     private
@@ -113,9 +114,8 @@ module HTTParty
       end
 
       def get_response
-        response = perform_actual_request
-        options[:format] ||= format_from_mimetype(response['content-type'])
-        response
+        self.last_response = perform_actual_request
+        options[:format] ||= format_from_mimetype(last_response['content-type'])
       end
 
       def query_string(uri)
@@ -133,26 +133,26 @@ module HTTParty
       end
 
       # Raises exception Net::XXX (http error code) if an http error occured
-      def handle_response(response)
-        case response
+      def handle_response
+        case last_response
         when Net::HTTPMultipleChoice,              # 300
           Net::HTTPMovedPermanently,               # 301
           Net::HTTPFound,                          # 302
           Net::HTTPSeeOther,                       # 303
           Net::HTTPUseProxy,                       # 305
           Net::HTTPTemporaryRedirect
-          if response.key?('location')
+          if last_response.key?('location')
             options[:limit] -= 1
-            self.path = response['location']
+            self.path = last_response['location']
             @redirect = true
             self.http_method = Net::HTTP::Get
-            capture_cookies(response)
+            capture_cookies(last_response)
             perform
           else
-            response
+            last_response
           end
         else
-          Response.new(parse_response(response.body), response.body, response.code, response.message, response.to_hash)
+          Response.new(parse_response(last_response.body), last_response.body, last_response.code, last_response.message, last_response.to_hash)
         end
       end
 
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ module HTTParty
       end
 
       def validate
-        raise HTTParty::RedirectionTooDeep, 'HTTP redirects too deep' if options[:limit].to_i <= 0
+        raise HTTParty::RedirectionTooDeep.new(last_response), 'HTTP redirects too deep' if options[:limit].to_i <= 0
         raise ArgumentError, 'only get, post, put, delete, head, and options methods are supported' unless SupportedHTTPMethods.include?(http_method)
         raise ArgumentError, ':headers must be a hash' if options[:headers] && !options[:headers].is_a?(Hash)
         raise ArgumentError, ':basic_auth must be a hash' if options[:basic_auth] && !options[:basic_auth].is_a?(Hash)
diff --git a/spec/httparty_spec.rb b/spec/httparty_spec.rb
index 6bc9b26..97a683a 100644
--- a/spec/httparty_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/httparty_spec.rb
@@ -304,42 +304,60 @@ describe HTTParty do
     end
   end
 
+  describe "#no_follow" do
+    it "sets no_follow to false by default" do
+      @klass.no_follow
+      @klass.default_options[:no_follow].should be_false
+    end
+
+    it "sets the no_follow option to true" do
+      @klass.no_follow true
+      @klass.default_options[:no_follow].should be_true
+    end
+  end
+
   describe "with explicit override of automatic redirect handling" do
+    before do
+      @request = HTTParty::Request.new(Net::HTTP::Get, 'http://api.foo.com/v1', :format => :xml, :no_follow => true)
+      @redirect = stub_response 'first redirect', 302
+      @redirect['location'] = 'http://foo.com/bar'
+      HTTParty::Request.stub(:new => @request)
+    end
 
     it "should fail with redirected GET" do
       lambda do
-        @klass.get('/foo', :no_follow => true)
-      end.should raise_error(HTTParty::RedirectionTooDeep)
+        @error = @klass.get('/foo', :no_follow => true)
+      end.should raise_error(HTTParty::RedirectionTooDeep) {|e| e.response.body.should == 'first redirect'}
     end
 
     it "should fail with redirected POST" do
       lambda do
         @klass.post('/foo', :no_follow => true)
-      end.should raise_error(HTTParty::RedirectionTooDeep)
+      end.should raise_error(HTTParty::RedirectionTooDeep) {|e| e.response.body.should == 'first redirect'}
     end
 
     it "should fail with redirected DELETE" do
       lambda do
         @klass.delete('/foo', :no_follow => true)
-      end.should raise_error(HTTParty::RedirectionTooDeep)
+      end.should raise_error(HTTParty::RedirectionTooDeep) {|e| e.response.body.should == 'first redirect'}
     end
 
     it "should fail with redirected PUT" do
       lambda do
         @klass.put('/foo', :no_follow => true)
-      end.should raise_error(HTTParty::RedirectionTooDeep)
+      end.should raise_error(HTTParty::RedirectionTooDeep) {|e| e.response.body.should == 'first redirect'}
     end
 
     it "should fail with redirected HEAD" do
       lambda do
         @klass.head('/foo', :no_follow => true)
-      end.should raise_error(HTTParty::RedirectionTooDeep)
+      end.should raise_error(HTTParty::RedirectionTooDeep) {|e| e.response.body.should == 'first redirect'}
     end
 
     it "should fail with redirected OPTIONS" do
       lambda do
         @klass.options('/foo', :no_follow => true)
-      end.should raise_error(HTTParty::RedirectionTooDeep)
+      end.should raise_error(HTTParty::RedirectionTooDeep) {|e| e.response.body.should == 'first redirect'}
     end
   end