diff --git a/pkg/apiserver/redirect.go b/pkg/apiserver/redirect.go
index 5267c4cd296..6dbfc64d4e7 100644
--- a/pkg/apiserver/redirect.go
+++ b/pkg/apiserver/redirect.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ limitations under the License.
 package apiserver
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
 	"net/http"
 	"time"
 
@@ -85,7 +86,7 @@ func (r *RedirectHandler) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
 		return
 	}
 
-	w.Header().Set("Location", location)
+	w.Header().Set("Location", fmt.Sprintf("http://%s", location))
 	w.WriteHeader(http.StatusTemporaryRedirect)
 	httpCode = http.StatusTemporaryRedirect
 }
diff --git a/pkg/apiserver/redirect_test.go b/pkg/apiserver/redirect_test.go
index 4098671f961..cc3edaa2876 100644
--- a/pkg/apiserver/redirect_test.go
+++ b/pkg/apiserver/redirect_test.go
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ func TestRedirect(t *testing.T) {
 		if err == nil || err.(*url.Error).Err != dontFollow {
 			t.Errorf("Unexpected err %#v", err)
 		}
-		if e, a := item.id, resp.Header.Get("Location"); e != a {
+		if e, a := "http://"+item.id, resp.Header.Get("Location"); e != a {
 			t.Errorf("Expected %v, got %v", e, a)
 		}
 	}
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ func TestRedirectWithNamespaces(t *testing.T) {
 		if err == nil || err.(*url.Error).Err != dontFollow {
 			t.Errorf("Unexpected err %#v", err)
 		}
-		if e, a := item.id, resp.Header.Get("Location"); e != a {
+		if e, a := "http://"+item.id, resp.Header.Get("Location"); e != a {
 			t.Errorf("Expected %v, got %v", e, a)
 		}
 	}