diff --git a/plugins/check_curl.c b/plugins/check_curl.c
index c6593df1..7916eb55 100644
--- a/plugins/check_curl.c
+++ b/plugins/check_curl.c
@@ -688,9 +688,13 @@ check_http (void)
       handle_curl_option_return_code (curl_easy_setopt (curl, CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS, max_depth+1), "CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS");
 
       /* for now allow only http and https (we are a http(s) check plugin in the end) */
+#if LIBCURL_VERSION_NUM >= MAKE_LIBCURL_VERSION(7, 85, 0)
+      handle_curl_option_return_code (curl_easy_setopt (curl, CURLOPT_REDIR_PROTOCOLS_STR, "http,https"), "CURLOPT_REDIR_PROTOCOLS_STR");
+#else
 #if LIBCURL_VERSION_NUM >= MAKE_LIBCURL_VERSION(7, 19, 4)
       handle_curl_option_return_code (curl_easy_setopt (curl, CURLOPT_REDIR_PROTOCOLS, CURLPROTO_HTTP | CURLPROTO_HTTPS), "CURLOPT_REDIRECT_PROTOCOLS");
 #endif /* LIBCURL_VERSION_NUM >= MAKE_LIBCURL_VERSION(7, 19, 4) */
+#endif /* LIBCURL_VERSION_NUM >= MAKE_LIBCURL_VERSION(7, 85, 4) */
 
       /* TODO: handle the following aspects of redirection, make them
        * command line options too later: