diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f96b618..9c99767 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+## 7.1.0
+  - Add: "lax_redirects" setting to redirect POST/DELETE
+
 ## 7.0.0
   - Removed obsolete ssl_certificate_verify option
 
diff --git a/lib/logstash/plugin_mixins/http_client.rb b/lib/logstash/plugin_mixins/http_client.rb
index bbe6d49..b4236f0 100644
--- a/lib/logstash/plugin_mixins/http_client.rb
+++ b/lib/logstash/plugin_mixins/http_client.rb
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@ def setup_http_client_config
     # Should redirects be followed? Defaults to `true`
     config :follow_redirects, :validate => :boolean, :default => true
 
+    # Allow POST and DELETE to also be redirected
+    config :lax_redirects, :validate => :boolean, :default => false
+
     # Max number of concurrent connections. Defaults to `50`
     config :pool_max, :validate => :number, :default => 50
 
@@ -175,7 +178,11 @@ def client_config
 
   private
   def make_client
-    Manticore::Client.new(client_config)
+    Manticore::Client.new(client_config) do |builder, _|
+      if @lax_redirects
+        builder.set_redirect_strategy org.apache.http.impl.client.LaxRedirectStrategy.new
+      end
+    end
   end
 
   public
diff --git a/logstash-mixin-http_client.gemspec b/logstash-mixin-http_client.gemspec
index 21b1e61..19f44d5 100644
--- a/logstash-mixin-http_client.gemspec
+++ b/logstash-mixin-http_client.gemspec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.name            = 'logstash-mixin-http_client'
-  s.version         = '7.0.0'
+  s.version         = '7.1.0'
   s.licenses        = ['Apache License (2.0)']
   s.summary         = "AWS mixins to provide a unified interface for Amazon Webservice"
   s.description     = "This gem is a Logstash plugin required to be installed on top of the Logstash core pipeline using $LS_HOME/bin/logstash-plugin install gemname. This gem is not a stand-alone program"