diff --git a/django/middleware/locale.py b/django/middleware/locale.py
index 77113e29879..628782b1815 100644
--- a/django/middleware/locale.py
+++ b/django/middleware/locale.py
@@ -33,9 +33,12 @@ class LocaleMiddleware(object):
             language_path = '/%s%s' % (language, request.path_info)
             if settings.APPEND_SLASH and not language_path.endswith('/'):
                 language_path = language_path + '/'
+
             if is_valid_path(language_path, urlconf):
-                return HttpResponseRedirect(
-                    '/%s%s' % (language, request.get_full_path()))
+                language_url = "%s://%s/%s%s" % (
+                    request.is_secure() and 'https' or 'http',
+                    request.get_host(), language, request.get_full_path())
+                return HttpResponseRedirect(language_url)
         translation.deactivate()
 
         patch_vary_headers(response, ('Accept-Language',))
diff --git a/tests/regressiontests/i18n/patterns/tests.py b/tests/regressiontests/i18n/patterns/tests.py
index 1216d0bde99..16fbec014a9 100644
--- a/tests/regressiontests/i18n/patterns/tests.py
+++ b/tests/regressiontests/i18n/patterns/tests.py
@@ -182,12 +182,10 @@ class URLRedirectWithoutTrailingSlashTests(URLTestCaseBase):
         self.assertRedirects(response, '/not-prefixed/', 301)
 
     def test_en_redirect(self):
-        response = self.client.get('/account/register', HTTP_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE='en')
+        response = self.client.get('/account/register', HTTP_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE='en', follow=True)
         # target status code of 301 because of CommonMiddleware redirecting
-        self.assertRedirects(response, '/en/account/register', 302, target_status_code=301)
-
-        response = self.client.get(response['location'])
-        self.assertRedirects(response, '/en/account/register/', 301)
+        self.assertIn(('http://testserver/en/account/register/', 301), response.redirect_chain)
+        self.assertRedirects(response, '/en/account/register/', 302)
 
 
 class URLRedirectWithoutTrailingSlashSettingTests(URLTestCaseBase):