diff --git a/appvalidator/testcases/webappbase.py b/appvalidator/testcases/webappbase.py
index 7b16014..deea735 100644
--- a/appvalidator/testcases/webappbase.py
+++ b/appvalidator/testcases/webappbase.py
@@ -107,7 +107,10 @@ def try_get_resource(err, package, url, filename, resource_type="URL",
             # Some versions of requests don't support close().
             pass
 
-        if not data:
+        final_status = request.status_code
+        final_status -= final_status % 100
+
+        if not data and final_status != 300:
             generic_http_error()
 
         return data
diff --git a/tests/helper.py b/tests/helper.py
index 5b0eb3c..7e287f1 100644
--- a/tests/helper.py
+++ b/tests/helper.py
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ def safe(func):
         with patch("requests.get") as r_g:
             request = Mock()
             request.text = "foo bar"
+            request.status_code = 200
             # The first bit is the return value. The second bit tells whatever
             # is requesting the data that there's no more data.
             request.raw.read.side_effect = [request.text, ""]
diff --git a/tests/test_validate.py b/tests/test_validate.py
index 5ddf12a..27f4ad0 100644
--- a/tests/test_validate.py
+++ b/tests/test_validate.py
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 import json
 
+from mock import patch
+
 from appvalidator import validate_app, validate_packaged_app
 from helper import safe
 
diff --git a/tests/test_webapp_resources.py b/tests/test_webapp_resources.py
index 274c3e5..552b06a 100644
--- a/tests/test_webapp_resources.py
+++ b/tests/test_webapp_resources.py
@@ -122,6 +122,7 @@ class TestDataOutput(TestCase):
     def test_too_big(self, r_g):
         big_response_object = Mock()
         big_response_object.raw.read.return_value = "x" * 100
+        big_response_object.status_code = 200
         r_g.return_value = big_response_object
 
         appbase.try_get_resource(self.err, None, "http://foo.bar/", "")
@@ -132,6 +133,7 @@ class TestDataOutput(TestCase):
     def test_just_right(self, r_g):
         normal_response_object = Mock()
         normal_response_object.raw.read.side_effect = ["x" * 100, ""]
+        normal_response_object.status_code = 200
         r_g.return_value = normal_response_object
 
         eq_(appbase.try_get_resource(self.err, None, "http://foo.bar/", ""),
@@ -143,12 +145,25 @@ class TestDataOutput(TestCase):
     def test_empty(self, r_g):
         empty_response = Mock()
         empty_response.raw.read.return_value = ""
+        empty_response.status_code = 200
         r_g.return_value = empty_response
 
         eq_(appbase.try_get_resource(
                 self.err, None, "http://foo.bar/", ""), "")
         self.assert_failed(with_errors=True)
 
+    @patch("requests.get")
+    @patch("appvalidator.constants.MAX_RESOURCE_SIZE", 100)
+    def test_empty_redirect(self, r_g):
+        empty_response = Mock()
+        empty_response.raw.read.return_value = ""
+        empty_response.status_code = 345
+        r_g.return_value = empty_response
+
+        eq_(appbase.try_get_resource(
+                self.err, None, "http://foo.bar/", ""), "")
+        self.assert_silent()
+
 
 class TestResourcePolling(TestCase):