diff --git a/docs/api.md b/docs/api.md
index 17445a3154..effa99919a 100644
--- a/docs/api.md
+++ b/docs/api.md
@@ -1654,6 +1654,8 @@ Routing provides the capability to modify network requests that are made by a pa
 
 Once routing is enabled, every request matching the url pattern will stall unless it's continued, fulfilled or aborted.
 
+> **NOTE** The handler will only be called for the first url if the response is a redirect.
+
 An example of a naïve handler that aborts all image requests:
 
 ```js
diff --git a/test/network-request.spec.ts b/test/network-request.spec.ts
index 8891e43aeb..7050a768e4 100644
--- a/test/network-request.spec.ts
+++ b/test/network-request.spec.ts
@@ -37,14 +37,40 @@ it('should work for subframe navigation request', async ({page, server}) => {
 
 it('should work for fetch requests', async ({page, server}) => {
   await page.goto(server.EMPTY_PAGE);
-  let requests = [];
+  const requests = [];
   page.on('request', request => requests.push(request));
   await page.evaluate(() => fetch('/digits/1.png'));
-  requests = requests.filter(request => !request.url().includes('favicon'));
   expect(requests.length).toBe(1);
   expect(requests[0].frame()).toBe(page.mainFrame());
 });
 
+it('should work for a redirect', async ({page, server}) => {
+  server.setRedirect('/foo.html', '/empty.html');
+  const requests = [];
+  page.on('request', request => requests.push(request));
+  await page.goto(server.PREFIX + '/foo.html');
+
+  expect(requests.length).toBe(2);
+  expect(requests[0].url()).toBe(server.PREFIX + '/foo.html');
+  expect(requests[1].url()).toBe(server.PREFIX + '/empty.html');
+});
+
+// https://github.com/microsoft/playwright/issues/3993
+it('should not work for a redirect and interception', async ({page, server}) => {
+  server.setRedirect('/foo.html', '/empty.html');
+  const requests = [];
+  await page.route('**', route => {
+    requests.push(route.request());
+    route.continue();
+  });
+  await page.goto(server.PREFIX + '/foo.html');
+
+  expect(page.url()).toBe(server.PREFIX + '/empty.html');
+
+  expect(requests.length).toBe(1);
+  expect(requests[0].url()).toBe(server.PREFIX + '/foo.html');
+});
+
 it('should return headers', async ({page, server, isChromium, isFirefox, isWebKit}) => {
   const response = await page.goto(server.EMPTY_PAGE);
   if (isChromium)