diff --git a/S3.php b/S3.php
index 6f1e0499..739cf387 100644
--- a/S3.php
+++ b/S3.php
@@ -1817,7 +1817,10 @@ public function getResponse()
 		curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, false);
 		curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_WRITEFUNCTION, array(&$this, '__responseWriteCallback'));
 		curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_HEADERFUNCTION, array(&$this, '__responseHeaderCallback'));
-		curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, true);
+		if (!ini_get('safe_mode'))
+		{
+				curl_setopt($curl_handle, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, true);
+		}
 
 		// Request types
 		switch ($this->verb)