diff --git a/linkcheck/configuration/__init__.py b/linkcheck/configuration/__init__.py
index 88d761df..30615182 100644
--- a/linkcheck/configuration/__init__.py
+++ b/linkcheck/configuration/__init__.py
@@ -142,6 +142,7 @@ class Configuration (dict):
         self["maxnumurls"] = None
         self["maxrunseconds"] = None
         self["maxrequestspersecond"] = 10
+        self["maxhttpredirects"] = 10
         self["nntpserver"] = os.environ.get("NNTP_SERVER", None)
         self["proxy"] = urllib.getproxies()
         self["sslverify"] = True
diff --git a/linkcheck/director/aggregator.py b/linkcheck/director/aggregator.py
index 85059e3c..bc3dc46e 100644
--- a/linkcheck/director/aggregator.py
+++ b/linkcheck/director/aggregator.py
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ _hosts_lock = threading.RLock()
 def new_request_session(config):
     """Create a new request session."""
     session = requests.Session()
+    session.max_redirects = config["maxhttpredirects"]
     # XXX proxies
     if config["cookiefile"]:
         for cookie in cookies.from_file(config["cookiefile"]):