diff --git a/docs/CHANGELOG.md b/docs/CHANGELOG.md
index 9fa90e0e90..0b00f76e79 100644
--- a/docs/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/docs/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ sort: 15
 * BUGFIX: [vmui](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/#vmui): add missing `query` caption to the input field for the query. See [this issue](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/issues/1900).
 * BUGFIX: [vmui](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/#vmui): fix navigation over query history with `Ctrl+up/down` and fix zoom relatively to the cursor position. See [this pull request](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/pull/1936).
 * BUGFIX: deduplicate samples more thoroughly if [deduplication](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/#deduplication) is enabled. Previously some duplicate samples may be left on disk for time series with high churn rate. This may result in bigger storage space requirements.
+* BUGFIX: [vmagent](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/vmagent.html): follow up to 5 redirects when `follow_redirects: true` is set for a particular scrape config. Previously only a single redirect was performed in this case. It is expected these redirects are performed to the original hostname. See [this issue](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/issues/1945).
 
 
 ## [v1.70.0](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/releases/tag/v1.70.0)
diff --git a/lib/promscrape/client.go b/lib/promscrape/client.go
index 2447a92e5d..0826d20f18 100644
--- a/lib/promscrape/client.go
+++ b/lib/promscrape/client.go
@@ -236,19 +236,27 @@ func (c *client) ReadData(dst []byte) ([]byte, error) {
 	}
 	err := doRequestWithPossibleRetry(c.hc, req, resp, deadline)
 	statusCode := resp.StatusCode()
-	if err == nil && (statusCode == fasthttp.StatusMovedPermanently || statusCode == fasthttp.StatusFound) {
+	redirectsCount := 0
+	for err == nil && (statusCode == fasthttp.StatusMovedPermanently || statusCode == fasthttp.StatusFound) {
+		if redirectsCount > 5 {
+			err = fmt.Errorf("too many redirects")
+			break
+		}
 		if c.denyRedirects {
 			err = fmt.Errorf("cannot follow redirects if `follow_redirects: false` is set")
-		} else {
-			// Allow a single redirect.
-			// It is expected that the redirect is made on the same host.
-			// Otherwise it won't work.
-			if location := resp.Header.Peek("Location"); len(location) > 0 {
-				req.URI().UpdateBytes(location)
-				err = c.hc.DoDeadline(req, resp, deadline)
-				statusCode = resp.StatusCode()
-			}
+			break
 		}
+		// It is expected that the redirect is made on the same host.
+		// Otherwise it won't work.
+		location := resp.Header.Peek("Location")
+		if len(location) == 0 {
+			err = fmt.Errorf("missing Location header")
+			break
+		}
+		req.URI().UpdateBytes(location)
+		err = doRequestWithPossibleRetry(c.hc, req, resp, deadline)
+		statusCode = resp.StatusCode()
+		redirectsCount++
 	}
 	if swapResponseBodies {
 		dst = resp.SwapBody(dst)