diff --git a/lib/ansible/module_utils/urls.py b/lib/ansible/module_utils/urls.py
index 0d0965e3abe..51779dc4e13 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/module_utils/urls.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/module_utils/urls.py
@@ -676,7 +676,7 @@ def maybe_add_ssl_handler(url, validate_certs):
 def open_url(url, data=None, headers=None, method=None, use_proxy=True,
         force=False, last_mod_time=None, timeout=10, validate_certs=True,
         url_username=None, url_password=None, http_agent=None,
-        force_basic_auth=False, follow_redirects=False):
+        force_basic_auth=False, follow_redirects='urllib2'):
     '''
     Fetches a file from an HTTP/FTP server using urllib2
     '''
@@ -809,8 +809,7 @@ def url_argument_spec():
     )
 
 def fetch_url(module, url, data=None, headers=None, method=None,
-              use_proxy=True, force=False, last_mod_time=None, timeout=10,
-              follow_redirects=False):
+              use_proxy=True, force=False, last_mod_time=None, timeout=10):
     '''
     Fetches a file from an HTTP/FTP server using urllib2.  Requires the module environment
     '''
@@ -828,8 +827,7 @@ def fetch_url(module, url, data=None, headers=None, method=None,
     http_agent = module.params.get('http_agent', None)
     force_basic_auth = module.params.get('force_basic_auth', '')
 
-    if not follow_redirects:
-        follow_redirects = module.params.get('follow_redirects', False)
+    follow_redirects = module.params.get('follow_redirects', 'urllib2')
 
     r = None
     info = dict(url=url)
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/core b/lib/ansible/modules/core
index 0bbb7ba38da..45745424f70 160000
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/core
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/core
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 0bbb7ba38da07d2a9e562834264a2ee2fc9ceaf4
+Subproject commit 45745424f702980a8860ab5ba2d94cdfd0311695
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/extras b/lib/ansible/modules/extras
index 39e4040685b..b51efc51bc6 160000
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/extras
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/extras
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 39e4040685bf2c36fd59450ac4f9b40158179f9e
+Subproject commit b51efc51bc64ef99b389acb6166d0eb46d984085
diff --git a/test/integration/roles/test_get_url/tasks/main.yml b/test/integration/roles/test_get_url/tasks/main.yml
index 9ed0549ec47..46d9ee275d5 100644
--- a/test/integration/roles/test_get_url/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/test/integration/roles/test_get_url/tasks/main.yml
@@ -145,3 +145,8 @@
       - 'get_url_result["failed"]'
   when: "{{ not python_has_ssl_context }}"
 # End hacky SNI test section
+
+- name: Test get_url with redirect
+  get_url:
+    url: 'http://httpbin.org/redirect/6'
+    dest: "{{ output_dir }}/redirect.json"