diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index 5016a9821a0..dd23dc748af 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ CHANGES
   `web.Request.url` are added. URLs and templates are percent-encoded
   now. #1224
 
--
+- Accept `yarl.URL` by server redirections #1278
 
 -
 
diff --git a/aiohttp/web_exceptions.py b/aiohttp/web_exceptions.py
index b886697a5dd..fa0869366d5 100644
--- a/aiohttp/web_exceptions.py
+++ b/aiohttp/web_exceptions.py
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ def __init__(self, location, *, headers=None, reason=None,
             raise ValueError("HTTP redirects need a location to redirect to.")
         super().__init__(headers=headers, reason=reason,
                          body=body, text=text, content_type=content_type)
-        self.headers['Location'] = location
+        self.headers['Location'] = str(location)
         self.location = location
 
 
diff --git a/tests/test_web_functional.py b/tests/test_web_functional.py
index bdd98ae677c..055be1a2a63 100644
--- a/tests/test_web_functional.py
+++ b/tests/test_web_functional.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 
 import pytest
 from multidict import MultiDict
+from yarl import URL
 
 from aiohttp import FormData, multipart, web
 from aiohttp.protocol import HttpVersion, HttpVersion10, HttpVersion11
@@ -838,3 +839,23 @@ def handler(request):
     resp = yield from client.get('/')
     assert 200 == resp.status
     assert client.handler.requests_count == 3
+
+
+@asyncio.coroutine
+def test_redirect_url(loop, test_client):
+
+    @asyncio.coroutine
+    def redirector(request):
+        raise web.HTTPFound(location=URL('/redirected'))
+
+    @asyncio.coroutine
+    def redirected(request):
+        return web.Response()
+
+    app = web.Application(loop=loop)
+    app.router.add_get('/redirector', redirector)
+    app.router.add_get('/redirected', redirected)
+
+    client = yield from test_client(app)
+    resp = yield from client.get('/redirector')
+    assert resp.status == 200