diff --git a/lib/restclient/abstract_response.rb b/lib/restclient/abstract_response.rb
index a22b4e2..f0aed01 100644
--- a/lib/restclient/abstract_response.rb
+++ b/lib/restclient/abstract_response.rb
@@ -167,6 +167,11 @@ module RestClient
       # parse location header and merge into existing URL
       url = headers[:location]
 
+      # cannot follow redirection if there is no location header
+      unless url
+        raise exception_with_response
+      end
+
       # handle relative redirects
       unless url.start_with?('http')
         url = URI.parse(request.url).merge(url).to_s
diff --git a/spec/unit/abstract_response_spec.rb b/spec/unit/abstract_response_spec.rb
index 06494f9..7ffd10c 100644
--- a/spec/unit/abstract_response_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/unit/abstract_response_spec.rb
@@ -104,5 +104,12 @@ describe RestClient::AbstractResponse, :include_helpers do
       @response.should_receive(:follow_redirection).and_return('fake-redirection')
       @response.return!.should eq 'fake-redirection'
     end
+
+    it "should gracefully handle 302 redirect with no location header" do
+    @net_http_res = response_double(code: 302, location: nil)
+    @request = request_double()
+    @response = MyAbstractResponse.new(@net_http_res, @request)
+      lambda { @response.return! }.should raise_error RestClient::Found
+    end
   end
 end