diff --git a/django/http/__init__.py b/django/http/__init__.py
index 6f9d70eebd9..19b581f5cb2 100644
--- a/django/http/__init__.py
+++ b/django/http/__init__.py
@@ -11,10 +11,10 @@ import warnings
 from io import BytesIO
 from pprint import pformat
 try:
-    from urllib.parse import quote, parse_qsl, urlencode, urljoin
+    from urllib.parse import quote, parse_qsl, urlencode, urljoin, urlparse
 except ImportError:     # Python 2
     from urllib import quote, urlencode
-    from urlparse import parse_qsl, urljoin
+    from urlparse import parse_qsl, urljoin, urlparse
 
 from django.utils.six.moves import http_cookies
 # Some versions of Python 2.7 and later won't need this encoding bug fix:
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ else:
 
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.core import signing
-from django.core.exceptions import ImproperlyConfigured
+from django.core.exceptions import ImproperlyConfigured, SuspiciousOperation
 from django.core.files import uploadhandler
 from django.http.multipartparser import MultiPartParser
 from django.http.utils import *
@@ -689,20 +689,22 @@ class HttpResponse(object):
             raise Exception("This %s instance cannot tell its position" % self.__class__)
         return sum([len(chunk) for chunk in self])
 
-class HttpResponseRedirect(HttpResponse):
+class HttpResponseRedirectBase(HttpResponse):
+    allowed_schemes = ['http', 'https', 'ftp']
+
+    def __init__(self, redirect_to):
+        parsed = urlparse(redirect_to)
+        if parsed.scheme and parsed.scheme not in self.allowed_schemes:
+            raise SuspiciousOperation("Unsafe redirect to URL with protocol '%s'" % parsed.scheme)
+        super(HttpResponseRedirectBase, self).__init__()
+        self['Location'] = iri_to_uri(redirect_to)
+    
+class HttpResponseRedirect(HttpResponseRedirectBase):
     status_code = 302
 
-    def __init__(self, redirect_to):
-        super(HttpResponseRedirect, self).__init__()
-        self['Location'] = iri_to_uri(redirect_to)
-
-class HttpResponsePermanentRedirect(HttpResponse):
+class HttpResponsePermanentRedirect(HttpResponseRedirectBase):
     status_code = 301
 
-    def __init__(self, redirect_to):
-        super(HttpResponsePermanentRedirect, self).__init__()
-        self['Location'] = iri_to_uri(redirect_to)
-
 class HttpResponseNotModified(HttpResponse):
     status_code = 304
 
diff --git a/tests/regressiontests/httpwrappers/tests.py b/tests/regressiontests/httpwrappers/tests.py
index 9b599db6d0e..0f61c2d8402 100644
--- a/tests/regressiontests/httpwrappers/tests.py
+++ b/tests/regressiontests/httpwrappers/tests.py
@@ -4,8 +4,11 @@ from __future__ import unicode_literals
 import copy
 import pickle
 
-from django.http import (QueryDict, HttpResponse, SimpleCookie, BadHeaderError,
-        parse_cookie)
+from django.core.exceptions import SuspiciousOperation
+from django.http import (QueryDict, HttpResponse, HttpResponseRedirect,
+                         HttpResponsePermanentRedirect,
+                         SimpleCookie, BadHeaderError,
+                         parse_cookie)
 from django.utils import unittest
 
 
@@ -309,6 +312,18 @@ class HttpResponseTests(unittest.TestCase):
         r = HttpResponse(['abc'])
         self.assertRaises(Exception, r.write, 'def')
 
+    def test_unsafe_redirect(self):
+        bad_urls = [
+            'data:text/html,<script>window.alert("xss")</script>',
+            'mailto:test@example.com',
+            'file:///etc/passwd',
+        ]
+        for url in bad_urls:
+            self.assertRaises(SuspiciousOperation,
+                              HttpResponseRedirect, url)
+            self.assertRaises(SuspiciousOperation,
+                              HttpResponsePermanentRedirect, url)
+
 
 class CookieTests(unittest.TestCase):
     def test_encode(self):