diff --git a/lib/response.js b/lib/response.js
index 61fff230..6ef765e0 100644
--- a/lib/response.js
+++ b/lib/response.js
@@ -518,7 +518,7 @@ res.redirect = function(url){
   url = map[url] || url;
 
   // relative
-  if (!~url.indexOf('://')) {
+  if (!~url.indexOf('://') && 0 != url.indexOf('//')) {
     var path = app.path();
 
     // relative to path
diff --git a/test/res.redirect.js b/test/res.redirect.js
index e78e300b..3bca406a 100644
--- a/test/res.redirect.js
+++ b/test/res.redirect.js
@@ -19,6 +19,25 @@ describe('res', function(){
         done();
       })
     })
+
+    describe('with leading //', function(){
+      it('should pass through scheme-relative urls', function(done){
+        var app = express();
+
+        app.use(function(req, res){
+          res.redirect('//cuteoverload.com');
+        });
+
+        request(app)
+        .get('/')
+        .set('Host', 'example.com')
+        .end(function(err, res){
+          res.headers.should.have.property('location', '//cuteoverload.com');
+          done();
+        })
+      })
+    })
+
     
     describe('with leading /', function(){
       it('should construct scheme-relative urls', function(done){