diff --git a/lib/webrat/adapters/mechanize.rb b/lib/webrat/adapters/mechanize.rb
index e97aeb9..84f9fe1 100644
--- a/lib/webrat/adapters/mechanize.rb
+++ b/lib/webrat/adapters/mechanize.rb
@@ -39,8 +39,16 @@ module Webrat #:nodoc:
       @response.code.to_i
     end
 
+    def response_headers
+      @response.header
+    end
+
     def mechanize
-      @mechanize ||= WWW::Mechanize.new
+      unless @mechanize
+        @mechanize = Mechanize.new
+        @mechanize.redirect_ok = false
+      end
+      @mechanize
     end
 
     def_delegators :mechanize, :basic_auth
diff --git a/lib/webrat/adapters/rack.rb b/lib/webrat/adapters/rack.rb
index 89f938d..3611846 100644
--- a/lib/webrat/adapters/rack.rb
+++ b/lib/webrat/adapters/rack.rb
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@ module Webrat
       response.status
     end
 
+    def response_headers
+      response.headers
+    end
+
     def response
       @session.last_response
     end
diff --git a/lib/webrat/adapters/rails.rb b/lib/webrat/adapters/rails.rb
index 1d4264c..fadb423 100644
--- a/lib/webrat/adapters/rails.rb
+++ b/lib/webrat/adapters/rails.rb
@@ -35,6 +35,10 @@ module Webrat
       response.code.to_i
     end
 
+    def response_headers
+      response.headers
+    end
+
     def xml_content_type?
       response.headers["Content-Type"].to_s =~ /xml/
     end
diff --git a/lib/webrat/core/session.rb b/lib/webrat/core/session.rb
index 939771b..07d86cb 100644
--- a/lib/webrat/core/session.rb
+++ b/lib/webrat/core/session.rb
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ For example:
     end
 
     def response_location
-      response.headers["Location"]
+      response_headers['Location']
     end
 
     def current_host
diff --git a/spec/private/mechanize/mechanize_adapter_spec.rb b/spec/private/mechanize/mechanize_adapter_spec.rb
index fc620d6..aa7fc32 100644
--- a/spec/private/mechanize/mechanize_adapter_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/private/mechanize/mechanize_adapter_spec.rb
@@ -9,6 +9,13 @@ describe Webrat::MechanizeAdapter do
     @mech = Webrat::MechanizeAdapter.new
   end
 
+  describe "mechanize" do
+    it "should disable the following of redirects on the mechanize instance" do
+      mech = @mech.mechanize
+      mech.redirect_ok.should be_false
+    end
+  end
+
   describe "post" do
     def url
       'http://test.host/users'
@@ -24,7 +31,8 @@ describe Webrat::MechanizeAdapter do
 
     it "should flatten model post data" do
       mechanize = mock(:mechanize)
-      WWW::Mechanize.stub!(:new => mechanize)
+      mechanize.stub!(:redirect_ok=)
+      Mechanize.stub!(:new => mechanize)
       mechanize.should_receive(:post).with(url, flattened_data)
       Webrat::MechanizeAdapter.new.post(url, data)
     end
@@ -70,4 +78,16 @@ describe Webrat::MechanizeAdapter do
       @session.absolute_url(relative_url).should == 'https://test.host/wilma'
     end
   end
+
+  describe "response_headers" do
+    it "should return the Headers object from the response" do
+      mech = @mech.mechanize
+      resp = mock('Mechanize::File')
+      hdr = Mechanize::Headers.new
+      resp.should_receive(:header).and_return(hdr)
+      mech.stub!(:get).and_return(resp)
+      @mech.get('/', nil)
+      @mech.response_headers.should == hdr
+    end
+  end
 end