diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 3fdae7802..bb65c412a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 # Nmap Changelog ($Id$); -*-text-*-
 
+o Updated showHTMLTitle NSE script to follow one HTTP redirect if
+  necessary as long as it is on the same server. [Jah]
+
 o Added a UDP SNMPv3 probe to version detection, along with 9 vendor
   match lines. [Tom Sellers]
 
diff --git a/scripts/showHTMLTitle.nse b/scripts/showHTMLTitle.nse
index bcc2ac03c..a02e6559e 100644
--- a/scripts/showHTMLTitle.nse
+++ b/scripts/showHTMLTitle.nse
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ license = "Same as Nmap--See http://nmap.org/book/man-legal.html"
 categories = {"default", "demo", "safe"}
 
 require 'http'
+require 'url'
 
 portrule = function(host, port)
 	if not (port.service == 'http' or port.service == 'https') then
@@ -29,6 +30,14 @@ action = function(host, port)
 	local data, result, title, protocol
 
 	data = http.get( host, port, '/' )
+	-- follow ONE redirect if host is not some other host
+	if data.status == 301 or data.status == 302 then
+		local url = url.parse( data.header.location )
+		if url.host == host.targetname or url.host == ( host.name ~= '' and host.name ) or url.host == host.ip then
+			stdnse.print_debug("showHTMLTitle.nse: Default page is located at " .. url.scheme.. "://" .. url.authority .. url.path)
+			data = http.get( host, port, url.path )
+		end
+	end
 	result = data.body
 
 	-- watch out, this doesn't really work for all html tags
@@ -38,7 +47,7 @@ action = function(host, port)
 
 	if title ~= nil then
 		result = string.gsub(title , "[\n\r\t]", "")
-		if string.len(title) > 50 then
+		if string.len(title) > 65 then
 			stdnse.print_debug("showHTMLTitle.nse: Title got truncated!");
 			result = string.sub(result, 1, 62) .. "..."
 		end