diff --git a/plugins/RSS/config.py b/plugins/RSS/config.py
index 597712a17..e4fe98faa 100644
--- a/plugins/RSS/config.py
+++ b/plugins/RSS/config.py
@@ -62,6 +62,9 @@ conf.registerGlobalValue(RSS, 'waitPeriod',
     registry.PositiveInteger(1800, """Indicates how many seconds the bot will
     wait between retrieving RSS feeds; requests made within this period will
     return cached results."""))
+conf.registerGlobalValue(RSS, 'stripRedirect', registry.Boolean(
+    True, """Determines whether the bot will attempt to strip url redirection
+    from headline links, by taking things after the last http://."""))
 
 conf.registerGlobalValue(RSS, 'feeds',
     FeedNames([], """Determines what feeds should be accessible as
diff --git a/plugins/RSS/plugin.py b/plugins/RSS/plugin.py
index d60c2fe5c..8ef5a4a11 100644
--- a/plugins/RSS/plugin.py
+++ b/plugins/RSS/plugin.py
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ import time
 import socket
 import sgmllib
 import threading
+import re
 
 import supybot.conf as conf
 import supybot.utils as utils
@@ -143,9 +144,13 @@ class RSS(callbacks.Plugin):
         if self.registryValue(config, channel):
             for headline in headlines:
                 if headline[1]:
+                    if self.registryValue('stripRedirect'):
+                        h = re.sub('^.*http://', 'http://', headline[1])
+                    else:
+                        h = headline[1]
                     newheadlines.append(format('%s %u',
                                                headline[0],
-                                               headline[1].encode('utf-8')))
+                                               h.encode('utf-8')))
                 else:
                     newheadlines.append(format('%s', headline[0]))
         else: