diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e57519640..b25853464 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 (Unreleased)
 ==================
 ### Changed
+* Use [simple-get](https://github.com/feross/simple-get) for fetching images, now supports redirects (#1398)
 ### Added
 ### Fixed
 
diff --git a/lib/image.js b/lib/image.js
index 74003ffd1..f51c702c3 100644
--- a/lib/image.js
+++ b/lib/image.js
@@ -12,8 +12,7 @@
 
 const bindings = require('./bindings')
 const Image = module.exports = bindings.Image
-const http = require("http")
-const https = require("https")
+const get = require('simple-get')
 const util = require('util')
 
 const {GetSource, SetSource} = bindings;
@@ -46,17 +45,15 @@ Object.defineProperty(Image.prototype, 'src', {
           }
         }
 
-        const type = /^\s*https:\/\//.test(val) ? https : http
-        type.get(val, res => {
-          if (res.statusCode !== 200) {
+        get.concat(val, (err, res, data) => {
+          if (err) return onerror(err)
+
+          if (res.statusCode < 200 || res.statusCode >= 300) {
             return onerror(new Error(`Server responded with ${res.statusCode}`))
           }
-          const buffers = []
-          res.on('data', buffer => buffers.push(buffer))
-          res.on('end', () => {
-            setSource(this, Buffer.concat(buffers));
-          })
-        }).on('error', onerror)
+
+          setSource(this, data)
+        })
       } else { // local file path assumed
         setSource(this, val);
       }
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 669d47186..301342e6a 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -49,7 +49,8 @@
   "types": "types",
   "dependencies": {
     "nan": "^2.12.1",
-    "node-pre-gyp": "^0.11.0"
+    "node-pre-gyp": "^0.11.0",
+    "simple-get": "^3.0.3"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@types/node": "^10.12.18",