diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index ee609f6..b4dc454 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
     - Use 2x dpkg instead of dpkg-architecture  (Closes: #665880)
     - Don't read architecture list again for each package to check (much
       faster now, thanks to Jakub Wilk for the idea!)
+  * [debmany]
+    - Use curl --location to support redirects (Closes: #679225)
   * Bump debhelper compatibility to 9 to be able to use some more recent
     features. Update versioned debhelper build-dependency accordingly.
   * Revamp debian/rules
diff --git a/debmany/debmany b/debmany/debmany
index c96fd99..c701173 100755
--- a/debmany/debmany
+++ b/debmany/debmany
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 curdir=`pwd`
 
 # Version of debmany
-version=1.4
+version=1.5
 
 error()
 {
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@
       fi
       # download the package
       debug "Mode3: Start download using curl" # comment
-      curl "$url" >"$file" || error "Failed to download '$url' to '$file'."
+      curl --location "$url" >"$file" || error "Failed to download '$url' to '$file'."
       status=repos-curl
     fi
   fi