diff --git a/docs/src/api/class-apirequest.md b/docs/src/api/class-apirequest.md
index c984b9f121..d27e22b034 100644
--- a/docs/src/api/class-apirequest.md
+++ b/docs/src/api/class-apirequest.md
@@ -37,6 +37,13 @@ for all status codes.
 ### option: APIRequest.newContext.ignoreHTTPSErrors = %%-context-option-ignorehttpserrors-%%
 * since: v1.16
 
+### option: APIRequest.newContext.maxRedirects
+* since: v1.52
+- `maxRedirects` <[int]>
+
+Maximum number of request redirects that will be followed automatically. An error will be thrown if the number is exceeded.
+Defaults to `20`. Pass `0` to not follow redirects. This can be overwritten for each request individually.
+
 ### option: APIRequest.newContext.timeout
 * since: v1.16
 - `timeout` <[float]>
diff --git a/packages/playwright-client/types/types.d.ts b/packages/playwright-client/types/types.d.ts
index da5df0f346..c5c836db9f 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-client/types/types.d.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-client/types/types.d.ts
@@ -17573,6 +17573,13 @@ export interface APIRequest {
      */
     ignoreHTTPSErrors?: boolean;
 
+    /**
+     * Maximum number of request redirects that will be followed automatically. An error will be thrown if the number is
+     * exceeded. Defaults to `20`. Pass `0` to not follow redirects. This can be overwritten for each request
+     * individually.
+     */
+    maxRedirects?: number;
+
     /**
      * Network proxy settings.
      */
diff --git a/packages/playwright-core/src/protocol/validator.ts b/packages/playwright-core/src/protocol/validator.ts
index da56445699..7f3f064937 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-core/src/protocol/validator.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-core/src/protocol/validator.ts
@@ -386,6 +386,7 @@ scheme.PlaywrightNewRequestParams = tObject({
     passphrase: tOptional(tString),
     pfx: tOptional(tBinary),
   }))),
+  maxRedirects: tOptional(tNumber),
   httpCredentials: tOptional(tObject({
     username: tString,
     password: tString,
diff --git a/packages/playwright-core/src/server/fetch.ts b/packages/playwright-core/src/server/fetch.ts
index e7647759a2..9760ea89a1 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-core/src/server/fetch.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-core/src/server/fetch.ts
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ type FetchRequestOptions = {
   proxy?: ProxySettings;
   timeoutSettings: TimeoutSettings;
   ignoreHTTPSErrors?: boolean;
+  maxRedirects?: number;
   baseURL?: string;
   clientCertificates?: types.BrowserContextOptions['clientCertificates'];
 };
@@ -185,6 +186,8 @@ export abstract class APIRequestContext extends SdkObject {
     if (proxy && proxy.server !== 'per-context' && !shouldBypassProxy(requestUrl, proxy.bypass))
       agent = createProxyAgent(proxy);
 
+    let maxRedirects = params.maxRedirects ?? (defaults.maxRedirects ?? 20);
+    maxRedirects = maxRedirects === 0 ? -1 : maxRedirects;
 
     const timeout = defaults.timeoutSettings.timeout(params);
     const deadline = timeout && (monotonicTime() + timeout);
@@ -193,7 +196,7 @@ export abstract class APIRequestContext extends SdkObject {
       method,
       headers,
       agent,
-      maxRedirects: params.maxRedirects === 0 ? -1 : params.maxRedirects === undefined ? 20 : params.maxRedirects,
+      maxRedirects,
       timeout,
       deadline,
       ...getMatchingTLSOptionsForOrigin(this._defaultOptions().clientCertificates, requestUrl.origin),
@@ -371,7 +374,7 @@ export abstract class APIRequestContext extends SdkObject {
         }
 
         if (redirectStatus.includes(response.statusCode!) && options.maxRedirects >= 0) {
-          if (!options.maxRedirects) {
+          if (options.maxRedirects === 0) {
             reject(new Error('Max redirect count exceeded'));
             request.destroy();
             return;
@@ -662,6 +665,7 @@ export class GlobalAPIRequestContext extends APIRequestContext {
       extraHTTPHeaders: options.extraHTTPHeaders,
       failOnStatusCode: !!options.failOnStatusCode,
       ignoreHTTPSErrors: !!options.ignoreHTTPSErrors,
+      maxRedirects: options.maxRedirects,
       httpCredentials: options.httpCredentials,
       clientCertificates: options.clientCertificates,
       proxy,
diff --git a/packages/playwright-core/types/types.d.ts b/packages/playwright-core/types/types.d.ts
index da5df0f346..c5c836db9f 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-core/types/types.d.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-core/types/types.d.ts
@@ -17573,6 +17573,13 @@ export interface APIRequest {
      */
     ignoreHTTPSErrors?: boolean;
 
+    /**
+     * Maximum number of request redirects that will be followed automatically. An error will be thrown if the number is
+     * exceeded. Defaults to `20`. Pass `0` to not follow redirects. This can be overwritten for each request
+     * individually.
+     */
+    maxRedirects?: number;
+
     /**
      * Network proxy settings.
      */
diff --git a/packages/protocol/src/channels.d.ts b/packages/protocol/src/channels.d.ts
index 80aca67578..c6767029da 100644
--- a/packages/protocol/src/channels.d.ts
+++ b/packages/protocol/src/channels.d.ts
@@ -644,6 +644,7 @@ export type PlaywrightNewRequestParams = {
     passphrase?: string,
     pfx?: Binary,
   }[],
+  maxRedirects?: number,
   httpCredentials?: {
     username: string,
     password: string,
@@ -676,6 +677,7 @@ export type PlaywrightNewRequestOptions = {
     passphrase?: string,
     pfx?: Binary,
   }[],
+  maxRedirects?: number,
   httpCredentials?: {
     username: string,
     password: string,
diff --git a/packages/protocol/src/protocol.yml b/packages/protocol/src/protocol.yml
index 3c2366f166..ce0c3f800f 100644
--- a/packages/protocol/src/protocol.yml
+++ b/packages/protocol/src/protocol.yml
@@ -770,6 +770,7 @@ Playwright:
               key: binary?
               passphrase: string?
               pfx: binary?
+        maxRedirects: number?
         httpCredentials:
           type: object?
           properties:
diff --git a/tests/library/global-fetch.spec.ts b/tests/library/global-fetch.spec.ts
index 53db88e325..95b0555db3 100644
--- a/tests/library/global-fetch.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/library/global-fetch.spec.ts
@@ -437,6 +437,8 @@ it('should return body for failing requests', async ({ playwright, server }) =>
   await request.dispose();
 });
 
+const HTTP_METHODS = ['GET', 'PUT', 'POST', 'OPTIONS', 'HEAD', 'PATCH'] as const;
+
 it('should throw an error when maxRedirects is exceeded', async ({ playwright, server }) => {
   server.setRedirect('/a/redirect1', '/b/c/redirect2');
   server.setRedirect('/b/c/redirect2', '/b/c/redirect3');
@@ -444,7 +446,7 @@ it('should throw an error when maxRedirects is exceeded', async ({ playwright, s
   server.setRedirect('/b/c/redirect4', '/simple.json');
 
   const request = await playwright.request.newContext();
-  for (const method of ['GET', 'PUT', 'POST', 'OPTIONS', 'HEAD', 'PATCH']) {
+  for (const method of HTTP_METHODS) {
     for (const maxRedirects of [1, 2, 3])
       await expect(async () => request.fetch(`${server.PREFIX}/a/redirect1`, { method: method, maxRedirects: maxRedirects })).rejects.toThrow('Max redirect count exceeded');
   }
@@ -456,7 +458,7 @@ it('should not follow redirects when maxRedirects is set to 0', async ({ playwri
   server.setRedirect('/b/c/redirect2', '/simple.json');
 
   const request = await playwright.request.newContext();
-  for (const method of ['GET', 'PUT', 'POST', 'OPTIONS', 'HEAD', 'PATCH']){
+  for (const method of HTTP_METHODS){
     const response = await request.fetch(`${server.PREFIX}/a/redirect1`, { method, maxRedirects: 0 });
     expect(response.headers()['location']).toBe('/b/c/redirect2');
     expect(response.status()).toBe(302);
@@ -469,11 +471,59 @@ it('should throw an error when maxRedirects is less than 0', async ({ playwright
   server.setRedirect('/b/c/redirect2', '/simple.json');
 
   const request = await playwright.request.newContext();
-  for (const method of ['GET', 'PUT', 'POST', 'OPTIONS', 'HEAD', 'PATCH'])
+  for (const method of HTTP_METHODS)
     await expect(async () => request.fetch(`${server.PREFIX}/a/redirect1`, { method, maxRedirects: -1 })).rejects.toThrow(`'maxRedirects' must be greater than or equal to '0'`);
   await request.dispose();
 });
 
+it('should not follow redirects when maxRedirects is set to 0 in newContext', async ({ playwright, server }) => {
+  server.setRedirect('/a/redirect1', '/b/c/redirect2');
+  server.setRedirect('/b/c/redirect2', '/simple.json');
+
+  const request = await playwright.request.newContext({ maxRedirects: 0 });
+  for (const method of HTTP_METHODS) {
+    const response = await request.fetch(`${server.PREFIX}/a/redirect1`, { method });
+    expect(response.headers()['location']).toBe('/b/c/redirect2');
+    expect(response.status()).toBe(302);
+  }
+  await request.dispose();
+});
+
+it('should follow redirects up to maxRedirects limit set in newContext', async ({ playwright, server }) => {
+  server.setRedirect('/a/redirect1', '/b/c/redirect2');
+  server.setRedirect('/b/c/redirect2', '/b/c/redirect3');
+  server.setRedirect('/b/c/redirect3', '/b/c/redirect4');
+  server.setRedirect('/b/c/redirect4', '/simple.json');
+
+  for (const maxRedirects of [1, 2, 3, 4]) {
+    const request = await playwright.request.newContext({ maxRedirects });
+    for (const method of HTTP_METHODS) {
+      if (maxRedirects < 4) {
+        await expect(async () => request.fetch(`${server.PREFIX}/a/redirect1`, { method }))
+            .rejects.toThrow('Max redirect count exceeded');
+      } else {
+        const response = await request.fetch(`${server.PREFIX}/a/redirect1`, { method });
+        expect(response.status()).toBe(200);
+      }
+    }
+    await request.dispose();
+  }
+});
+
+it('should use maxRedirects from fetch when provided, overriding newContext', async ({ playwright, server }) => {
+  server.setRedirect('/a/redirect1', '/b/c/redirect2');
+  server.setRedirect('/b/c/redirect2', '/b/c/redirect3');
+  server.setRedirect('/b/c/redirect3', '/b/c/redirect4');
+  server.setRedirect('/b/c/redirect4', '/simple.json');
+
+  const request = await playwright.request.newContext({ maxRedirects: 1 });
+  for (const method of HTTP_METHODS) {
+    const response = await request.fetch(`${server.PREFIX}/a/redirect1`, { method, maxRedirects: 4 });
+    expect(response.status()).toBe(200);
+  }
+  await request.dispose();
+});
+
 it('should keep headers capitalization', async ({ playwright, server }) => {
   const request = await playwright.request.newContext();
   const [serverRequest, response] = await Promise.all([