diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index a0407dc..2db2ef5 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -59,6 +59,8 @@ function got(url, opts, cb) {
 		opts.method = opts.method || 'POST';
 	}
 
+	opts.method = opts.method || 'GET';
+
 	// returns a proxy stream to the response
 	// if no callback has been provided
 	if (!cb) {
@@ -114,8 +116,8 @@ function got(url, opts, cb) {
 				proxy.emit('response', res);
 			}
 
-			// redirect
-			if (statuses.redirect[statusCode] && 'location' in res.headers) {
+			// auto-redirect only for GET and HEAD methods
+			if (statuses.redirect[statusCode] && 'location' in res.headers && (opts.method === 'GET' || opts.method === 'HEAD')) {
 				res.resume(); // Discard response
 
 				if (++redirectCount > 10) {
@@ -138,7 +140,7 @@ function got(url, opts, cb) {
 
 			if (statusCode < 200 || statusCode > 299) {
 				readAllStream(res, encoding, function (err, data) {
-					err = new GotError(url + ' response code is ' + statusCode + ' (' + statuses[statusCode] + ')', err);
+					err = new GotError(opts.method + ' ' + url + ' response code is ' + statusCode + ' (' + statuses[statusCode] + ')', err);
 					err.code = statusCode;
 
 					if (data && json) {
diff --git a/test/test-error.js b/test/test-error.js
index aeed4ab..2ae0239 100644
--- a/test/test-error.js
+++ b/test/test-error.js
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ tape('setup', function (t) {
 tape('error message', function (t) {
 	got(s.url, function (err) {
 		t.ok(err);
-		t.equal(err.message, 'http://localhost:6767 response code is 404 (Not Found)');
+		t.equal(err.message, 'GET http://localhost:6767 response code is 404 (Not Found)');
 		t.end();
 	});
 });
diff --git a/test/test-json.js b/test/test-json.js
index 3a98f06..4427d2e 100644
--- a/test/test-json.js
+++ b/test/test-json.js
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ tape('json option should catch errors on invalid non-200 responses', function (t
 		t.ok(err.nested);
 		t.equal(err.nested.message, 'Unexpected token I');
 		t.ok(err.nested.nested);
-		t.equal(err.nested.nested.message, 'http://localhost:6767/non200-invalid response code is 500 (Internal Server Error)');
+		t.equal(err.nested.nested.message, 'GET http://localhost:6767/non200-invalid response code is 500 (Internal Server Error)');
 		t.end();
 	});
 });
diff --git a/test/test-redirects.js b/test/test-redirects.js
index 40e9515..cfa0f1e 100644
--- a/test/test-redirects.js
+++ b/test/test-redirects.js
@@ -82,6 +82,14 @@ tape('host+path in options are not breaking redirects', function (t) {
 	});
 });
 
+tape('redirect only GET and HEAD requests', function (t) {
+	got(s.url + '/relative', {body: 'wow'}, function (err, data) {
+		t.equal(err.message, 'POST http://localhost:6767/relative response code is 302 (Found)');
+		t.equal(err.code, 302);
+		t.end();
+	});
+});
+
 tape('cleanup', function (t) {
 	s.close();
 	t.end();