Index: Src/GoogleApis/Apis/Http/ConfigurableMessageHandler.cs
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--- a/Src/GoogleApis/Apis/Http/ConfigurableMessageHandler.cs
+++ b/Src/GoogleApis/Apis/Http/ConfigurableMessageHandler.cs
@@ -92,6 +92,11 @@
         /// <see cref="IHttpUnsuccessfulResponseHandler"/> or <see cref="IHttpExceptionHandler"/> which handles the
         /// abnormal Http response or exception, before being terminated. 
         /// Set <c>1</c> for not retrying requests. The default value is <c>3</c>".
+        /// <remarks>
+        /// The number of allowed redirects (3xx) is defined by <seealso cref="NumRedirects"/>. This property defines
+        /// only the allowed tries for >=400 responses, or in a case an exception was thrown. For example you set 
+        /// <see cref="NumTries"/> to 1 and <see cref="NumRedirect"/> to 5, a retry will happen only for 5 redirects.
+        /// </remarks>
         /// </summary>
         public int NumTries
         {
@@ -106,6 +111,26 @@
             }
         }
 
+        /// <summary> Number of redirects allowed. Default is <c>10</c>. </summary>
+        private int numRedirect = 10;
+
+        /// <summary> 
+        /// Gets or sets the number of redirects that will be allowed to execute. The default value is <c>10</c>.
+        /// See <see cref="NumTries"/> for more information.
+        /// </summary>
+        public int NumRedirects
+        {
+            get { return numRedirect; }
+            set
+            {
+                if (value > MaxAllowedNumTries || value < 1)
+                {
+                    throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException("NumRedirects");
+                }
+                numRedirect = value;
+            }
+        }
+
         /// <summary> 
         /// Gets or sets whether the handler should follow a redirect when a redirect response is received. Default 
         /// value is <c>true</c>.
@@ -138,6 +163,8 @@
             var loggable = IsLoggingEnabled && Logger.IsDebugEnabled;
 
             int triesRemaining = NumTries;
+            int redirectRemaining = NumRedirects;
+
             Exception lastException = null;
 
             // set User-Agent header
@@ -177,7 +204,10 @@
                 }
 
                 // decrease the number of retries
-                triesRemaining--;
+                if (response == null || (int)response.StatusCode >= 400)
+                {
+                    triesRemaining--;
+                }
 
                 // exception was thrown , try to handle it
                 if (response == null)
@@ -237,6 +267,11 @@
                         {
                             if (HandleRedirect(response))
                             {
+                                if (redirectRemaining-- == 0)
+                                {
+                                    triesRemaining = 0;
+                                }
+
                                 errorHandled = true;
                                 if (loggable)
                                 {