diff --git a/__tests__/response/redirect.js b/__tests__/response/redirect.js
index ec7c43f94..0d257c8be 100644
--- a/__tests__/response/redirect.js
+++ b/__tests__/response/redirect.js
@@ -9,7 +9,14 @@ describe('ctx.redirect(url)', () => {
   it('should redirect to the given url', () => {
     const ctx = context()
     ctx.redirect('http://google.com')
-    assert.strictEqual(ctx.response.header.location, 'http://google.com')
+    assert.strictEqual(ctx.response.header.location, 'http://google.com/')
+    assert.strictEqual(ctx.status, 302)
+  })
+
+  it('should formatting url before redirect', () => {
+    const ctx = context()
+    ctx.redirect('http://google.com\\@apple.com')
+    assert.strictEqual(ctx.response.header.location, 'http://google.com/@apple.com')
     assert.strictEqual(ctx.status, 302)
   })
 
@@ -61,7 +68,7 @@ describe('ctx.redirect(url)', () => {
   describe('when html is accepted', () => {
     it('should respond with html', () => {
       const ctx = context()
-      const url = 'http://google.com'
+      const url = 'http://google.com/'
       ctx.header.accept = 'text/html'
       ctx.redirect(url)
       assert.strictEqual(ctx.response.header['content-type'], 'text/html; charset=utf-8')
@@ -85,7 +92,7 @@ describe('ctx.redirect(url)', () => {
       const url = 'http://google.com'
       ctx.header.accept = 'text/plain'
       ctx.redirect(url)
-      assert.strictEqual(ctx.body, `Redirecting to ${url}.`)
+      assert.strictEqual(ctx.body, `Redirecting to ${url}/.`)
     })
   })
 
@@ -97,7 +104,7 @@ describe('ctx.redirect(url)', () => {
       ctx.header.accept = 'text/plain'
       ctx.redirect('http://google.com')
       assert.strictEqual(ctx.status, 301)
-      assert.strictEqual(ctx.body, `Redirecting to ${url}.`)
+      assert.strictEqual(ctx.body, `Redirecting to ${url}/.`)
     })
   })
 
@@ -109,7 +116,7 @@ describe('ctx.redirect(url)', () => {
       ctx.header.accept = 'text/plain'
       ctx.redirect('http://google.com')
       assert.strictEqual(ctx.status, 302)
-      assert.strictEqual(ctx.body, `Redirecting to ${url}.`)
+      assert.strictEqual(ctx.body, `Redirecting to ${url}/.`)
     })
   })
 
@@ -121,7 +128,7 @@ describe('ctx.redirect(url)', () => {
       ctx.header.accept = 'text/plain'
       ctx.redirect('http://google.com')
       assert.strictEqual(ctx.status, 302)
-      assert.strictEqual(ctx.body, `Redirecting to ${url}.`)
+      assert.strictEqual(ctx.body, `Redirecting to ${url}/.`)
       assert.strictEqual(ctx.type, 'text/plain')
     })
   })
diff --git a/lib/response.js b/lib/response.js
index 94fd6faa3..fbfe303e3 100644
--- a/lib/response.js
+++ b/lib/response.js
@@ -266,6 +266,10 @@ module.exports = {
   redirect (url, alt) {
     // location
     if (url === 'back') url = this.ctx.get('Referrer') || alt || '/'
+    if (url.startsWith('https://') || url.startsWith('http://')) {
+      // formatting url again avoid security escapes
+      url = new URL(url).toString()
+    }
     this.set('Location', encodeUrl(url))
 
     // status