diff --git a/proxy/http/HttpSM.cc b/proxy/http/HttpSM.cc
index 950d0ab6ec6..a33fb243135 100644
--- a/proxy/http/HttpSM.cc
+++ b/proxy/http/HttpSM.cc
@@ -2080,7 +2080,7 @@ HttpSM::state_read_server_response_header(int event, void *data)
     t_state.api_next_action       = HttpTransact::SM_ACTION_API_READ_RESPONSE_HDR;
 
     // if exceeded limit deallocate postdata buffers and disable redirection
-    if (!(enable_redirection && (redirection_tries <= t_state.txn_conf->number_of_redirections))) {
+    if (!(enable_redirection && (redirection_tries < t_state.txn_conf->number_of_redirections))) {
       this->disable_redirect();
     }
 
@@ -7768,11 +7768,11 @@ HttpSM::set_next_state()
 void
 HttpSM::do_redirect()
 {
-  SMDebug("http_redirect", "[HttpSM::do_redirect]");
-  if (!enable_redirection || redirection_tries > t_state.txn_conf->number_of_redirections) {
+  SMDebug("http_redirect", "[HttpSM::do_redirect] enable_redirection %u", enable_redirection);
+  if (!enable_redirection || redirection_tries >= t_state.txn_conf->number_of_redirections) {
     this->postbuf_clear();
 
-    if (enable_redirection && redirection_tries > t_state.txn_conf->number_of_redirections) {
+    if (enable_redirection && redirection_tries >= t_state.txn_conf->number_of_redirections) {
       t_state.squid_codes.subcode = SQUID_SUBCODE_NUM_REDIRECTIONS_EXCEEDED;
     }
 
@@ -8117,7 +8117,7 @@ HttpSM::is_private()
 inline bool
 HttpSM::is_redirect_required()
 {
-  bool redirect_required = (enable_redirection && (redirection_tries <= t_state.txn_conf->number_of_redirections) &&
+  bool redirect_required = (enable_redirection && (redirection_tries < t_state.txn_conf->number_of_redirections) &&
                             !HttpTransact::is_fresh_cache_hit(t_state.cache_lookup_result));
 
   SMDebug("http_redirect", "is_redirect_required %u", redirect_required);
diff --git a/tests/gold_tests/redirect/gold/number_of_redirections_0.gold b/tests/gold_tests/redirect/gold/number_of_redirections_0.gold
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..66e43b735f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/gold_tests/redirect/gold/number_of_redirections_0.gold
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+``
+> GET http://a.test/ping HTTP/1.1
+> Host: a.test
+> User-Agent: curl/``
+> Accept: */*
+> Proxy-Connection: Keep-Alive
+> uuid: redirect_test_1
+``
+< HTTP/1.1 302 Redirect
+< location: http://b.test:``
+< Date: ``
+< Age: ``
+< Transfer-Encoding: chunked
+< Proxy-Connection: keep-alive
+< Server: ATS/``
+``
+< HTTP/1.1 302 Redirect
+< location: http://c.test:``
+< Date: ``
+< Age: ``
+< Transfer-Encoding: chunked
+< Proxy-Connection: keep-alive
+< Server: ATS/``
+``
+> GET http://c.test:``
+> Host: c.test:``
+> User-Agent: curl/``
+> Accept: */*
+> Proxy-Connection: Keep-Alive
+> uuid: redirect_test_1
+``
+< HTTP/1.1 200 OK
+< date: ``
+< Age: ``
+< Transfer-Encoding: chunked
+< Proxy-Connection: keep-alive
+< Server: ATS/``
+``
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/gold_tests/redirect/gold/number_of_redirections_1.gold b/tests/gold_tests/redirect/gold/number_of_redirections_1.gold
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..032e7e78e24
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/gold_tests/redirect/gold/number_of_redirections_1.gold
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+``
+< HTTP/1.1 302 Redirect
+< location: http://c.test:``
+``
+< HTTP/1.1 200 OK
+< date: ``
+< Age: ``
+< Server: ATS/``
+``
diff --git a/tests/gold_tests/redirect/gold/number_of_redirections_2.gold b/tests/gold_tests/redirect/gold/number_of_redirections_2.gold
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..86360afb3cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/gold_tests/redirect/gold/number_of_redirections_2.gold
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+``
+> GET http://a.test/ping HTTP/1.1
+> Host: a.test
+> User-Agent: curl/``
+> Accept: */*
+> Proxy-Connection: Keep-Alive
+> uuid: redirect_test_1
+``
+< HTTP/1.1 200 OK
+< date: ``
+< Age: ``
+< Transfer-Encoding: chunked
+< Proxy-Connection: keep-alive
+< Server: ATS/``
+``
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/gold_tests/redirect/number_of_redirects.test.py b/tests/gold_tests/redirect/number_of_redirects.test.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..69f301daf07
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/gold_tests/redirect/number_of_redirects.test.py
@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+'''
+Specific test for number_of_redirections config.
+'''
+#  Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+#  or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+#  distributed with this work for additional information
+#  regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+#  to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+#  "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+#  with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+#  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+#  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+#  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+#  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+#  limitations under the License.
+
+import os
+Test.Summary = '''
+Test redirection/location & number of redirects(number_of_redirections config)
+'''
+
+
+class NumberOfRedirectionsTest:
+    '''
+        Handy class to test with number_of_redirections values. Three servers will be created and request
+        will flow between them. Depending on the configured number_of_redirections, some request may be
+        followed by ATS and some directly by the client(curl)
+    '''
+
+    def __init__(self, testName, numberOfRedirections):
+        self._numberOfRedirections = numberOfRedirections
+        self._tr = Test.AddTestRun(testName)
+        self.setup_ts(f'ts{self._numberOfRedirections}')
+        self.setup_dns()
+        self.setup_verifier_servers()
+        self.add_config()
+
+    def setup_ts(self, name="ts"):
+        self._ts = Test.MakeATSProcess(name, enable_cache=False)
+
+    def setup_verifier_servers(self):
+        self._srv3 = Test.MakeVerifierServerProcess(f"srv3_{self._numberOfRedirections}", "replay/redirect_srv3_replay.yaml")
+        self._srv2 = Test.MakeVerifierServerProcess(
+            f"srv2_{self._numberOfRedirections}",
+            "replay/redirect_srv2_replay.yaml",
+            context={
+                "vs_http_port": self._srv3.Variables.http_port})
+        self._srv1 = Test.MakeVerifierServerProcess(
+            f"srv1_{self._numberOfRedirections}",
+            "replay/redirect_srv1_replay.yaml",
+            context={
+                "vs_http_port": self._srv2.Variables.http_port})
+
+    def setup_dns(self):
+        self._dns = Test.MakeDNServer(f"dns_{self._numberOfRedirections}")
+        self._dns.addRecords(records={"a.test": ["127.0.0.1"]})
+        self._dns.addRecords(records={"b.test": ["127.0.0.1"]})
+        self._dns.addRecords(records={"c.test": ["127.0.0.1"]})
+
+    def add_config(self):
+        self._ts.Disk.records_config.update({
+            'proxy.config.diags.debug.enabled': 1,
+            'proxy.config.diags.debug.tags': 'http|dns|redirect|http_redirect',
+            'proxy.config.http.number_of_redirections': self._numberOfRedirections,
+            'proxy.config.dns.nameservers': f'127.0.0.1:{self._dns.Variables.Port}',
+            'proxy.config.dns.resolv_conf': 'NULL',
+            'proxy.config.url_remap.remap_required': 0,  # need this so the domain gets a chance to be evaluated through DNS
+            'proxy.config.http.redirect.actions': 'self:follow',  # redirects to self are not followed by default
+        })
+        self._ts.Disk.remap_config.AddLines([
+            'map a.test/ping http://a.test:{0}/'.format(self._srv1.Variables.http_port),
+            'map b.test/pong http://b.test:{0}/'.format(self._srv2.Variables.http_port),
+            'map c.test/pang http://c.test:{0}/'.format(self._srv3.Variables.http_port),
+        ])
+
+    def run(self):
+        self._tr.Processes.Default.StartBefore(self._srv1)
+        self._tr.Processes.Default.StartBefore(self._srv2)
+        self._tr.Processes.Default.StartBefore(self._srv3)
+        self._tr.Processes.Default.StartBefore(self._dns)
+        self._tr.Processes.Default.StartBefore(self._ts)
+        self._tr.Command = "curl -L -vvv a.test/ping --proxy 127.0.0.1:{0} -H 'uuid: redirect_test_1'".format(
+            self._ts.Variables.port)
+        self._tr.Processes.Default.Streams.All = f"gold/number_of_redirections_{self._numberOfRedirections}.gold"
+        self._tr.ReturnCode = 0
+        self._tr.StillRunningAfter = self._ts
+
+
+# No redirect, curl will get 302 and do the rest of the redirection.
+NumberOfRedirectionsTest("Test number_of_redirections=0", 0).run()
+# Single redirect, ATS will follow 1 redirect and the client the last one.
+NumberOfRedirectionsTest("Test number_of_redirections=1", 1).run()
+# The client will just get 200OK and no redirect will be done by it, TS will follow the two
+# 302 Redirect.
+NumberOfRedirectionsTest("Test number_of_redirections=2", 2).run()
+# If adding more, need to touch the server side  as well. It wont be enough.
diff --git a/tests/gold_tests/redirect/replay/redirect_srv1_replay.yaml b/tests/gold_tests/redirect/replay/redirect_srv1_replay.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6447748e60c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/gold_tests/redirect/replay/redirect_srv1_replay.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+#  Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+#  or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+#  distributed with this work for additional information
+#  regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+#  to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+#  "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+#  with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+#  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+#  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+#  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+#  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+#  limitations under the License.
+
+meta:
+  version: "1.0"
+
+sessions:
+- transactions:
+  - client-request:
+      method: "GET"
+      version: "1.1"
+      scheme: "http"
+      url: /ping
+      headers:
+        fields:
+        - [ uuid, redirect_test_1 ]
+        - [ Host, a.test ]
+
+    server-response:
+        status: 302
+        reason: Redirect
+        headers:
+          fields:
+          - [ Location, "http://b.test:${vs_http_port}/pong" ]
diff --git a/tests/gold_tests/redirect/replay/redirect_srv2_replay.yaml b/tests/gold_tests/redirect/replay/redirect_srv2_replay.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6ca671bdad9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/gold_tests/redirect/replay/redirect_srv2_replay.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+#  Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+#  or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+#  distributed with this work for additional information
+#  regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+#  to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+#  "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+#  with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+#  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+#  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+#  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+#  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+#  limitations under the License.
+
+meta:
+  version: "1.0"
+
+sessions:
+- transactions:
+  - client-request:
+      method: "GET"
+      version: "1.1"
+      scheme: "http"
+      url: /pong
+      headers:
+        fields:
+        - [ uuid, redirect_test_1 ]
+        - [ Host, b.test ]
+
+    server-response:
+        status: 302
+        reason: Redirect
+        headers:
+          fields:
+          - [ Location, "http://c.test:${vs_http_port}/pang" ]
diff --git a/tests/gold_tests/redirect/replay/redirect_srv3_replay.yaml b/tests/gold_tests/redirect/replay/redirect_srv3_replay.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f290c64c507
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/gold_tests/redirect/replay/redirect_srv3_replay.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+#  Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+#  or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+#  distributed with this work for additional information
+#  regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+#  to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+#  "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+#  with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+#  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+#  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+#  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+#  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+#  limitations under the License.
+
+meta:
+  version: "1.0"
+
+sessions:
+- transactions:
+  - client-request:
+      method: "GET"
+      version: "1.1"
+      scheme: "http"
+      url: /pang
+      headers:
+        fields:
+        - [ uuid, redirect_test_1 ]
+        - [ Host, c.test ]
+
+    server-response:
+      status: 200
+      reason: OK
+      headers:
+        fields:
+        - [ Date, "Sat, 16 Mar 2019 03:11:36 GMT" ]