diff --git a/django/http/response.py b/django/http/response.py
index 07bbd32eeb..aaebefe022 100644
--- a/django/http/response.py
+++ b/django/http/response.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ from django.core import signing
 from django.core.exceptions import DisallowedRedirect
 from django.http.cookie import SimpleCookie
 from django.utils import six, timezone
-from django.utils.encoding import force_bytes, iri_to_uri
+from django.utils.encoding import force_bytes, force_text, iri_to_uri
 from django.utils.http import cookie_date
 from django.utils.six.moves import map
 
@@ -393,7 +393,7 @@ class HttpResponseRedirectBase(HttpResponse):
     allowed_schemes = ['http', 'https', 'ftp']
 
     def __init__(self, redirect_to, *args, **kwargs):
-        parsed = urlparse(redirect_to)
+        parsed = urlparse(force_text(redirect_to))
         if parsed.scheme and parsed.scheme not in self.allowed_schemes:
             raise DisallowedRedirect("Unsafe redirect to URL with protocol '%s'" % parsed.scheme)
         super(HttpResponseRedirectBase, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
diff --git a/tests/httpwrappers/tests.py b/tests/httpwrappers/tests.py
index 3a2ec23864..1679b6e036 100644
--- a/tests/httpwrappers/tests.py
+++ b/tests/httpwrappers/tests.py
@@ -16,10 +16,13 @@ from django.http import (QueryDict, HttpResponse, HttpResponseRedirect,
                          SimpleCookie, BadHeaderError,
                          parse_cookie)
 from django.test import TestCase
-from django.utils.encoding import smart_str
+from django.utils.encoding import smart_str, force_text
+from django.utils.functional import lazy
 from django.utils._os import upath
 from django.utils import six
 
+lazystr = lazy(force_text, six.text_type)
+
 
 class QueryDictTests(unittest.TestCase):
     def test_missing_key(self):
@@ -366,6 +369,10 @@ class HttpResponseTests(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(list(i), [b'abc'])
         self.assertEqual(list(i), [])
 
+    def test_lazy_content(self):
+        r = HttpResponse(lazystr('helloworld'))
+        self.assertEqual(r.content, b'helloworld')
+
     def test_file_interface(self):
         r = HttpResponse()
         r.write(b"hello")
@@ -402,6 +409,11 @@ class HttpResponseSubclassesTests(TestCase):
         # Test that url attribute is right
         self.assertEqual(response.url, response['Location'])
 
+    def test_redirect_lazy(self):
+        """Make sure HttpResponseRedirect works with lazy strings."""
+        r = HttpResponseRedirect(lazystr('/redirected/'))
+        self.assertEqual(r.url, '/redirected/')
+
     def test_not_modified(self):
         response = HttpResponseNotModified()
         self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 304)