diff --git a/lib/std/http/Client.zig b/lib/std/http/Client.zig
index 7abd426a1c31e3ebf2bf487733879287178e563e..bd4e22895a763120b71b6c083fefd84ad0766b6a 100644
--- a/lib/std/http/Client.zig
+++ b/lib/std/http/Client.zig
@@ -1126,7 +1126,7 @@ pub const Request = struct {
     /// `redirect_buffer` must outlive accesses to `Request.uri`. If this
     /// buffer capacity would be exceeded, `error.HttpRedirectLocationOversize`
     /// is returned instead. This buffer may be empty if no redirects are to be
-    /// handled.
+    /// handled. RFC 9110 recommends making this at least 8000 bytes.
     ///
     /// If this fails with `error.ReadFailed` then the `Connection.getReadError`
     /// method of `r.connection` can be used to get more detailed information.
@@ -1748,7 +1748,8 @@ pub fn request(
 }
 
 pub const FetchOptions = struct {
-    /// `null` means it will be heap-allocated.
+    /// `null` means it will be heap-allocated. RFC 9110 recommends at least
+    /// 8000 bytes.
     redirect_buffer: ?[]u8 = null,
     /// `null` means it will be heap-allocated.
     decompress_buffer: ?[]u8 = null,
diff --git a/src/Package/Fetch.zig b/src/Package/Fetch.zig
index 0b8e0c367bd319aafaad2c28ddb39f24494b8ed6..0fc65670ca0faef0b5d56c35ac55cd7fd285a65e 100644
--- a/src/Package/Fetch.zig
+++ b/src/Package/Fetch.zig
@@ -1193,7 +1193,7 @@ fn initResource(f: *Fetch, uri: std.Uri, resource: *Resource, reader_buffer: []u
         request.sendBodiless() catch |err|
             return f.fail(f.location_tok, try eb.printString("HTTP request failed: {t}", .{err}));
 
-        var redirect_buffer: [1024]u8 = undefined;
+        var redirect_buffer: [8000]u8 = undefined;
         const response = &resource.http_request.response;
         response.* = request.receiveHead(&redirect_buffer) catch |err| switch (err) {
             error.ReadFailed => {