diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/struts2/dispatcher/ServletRedirectResult.java b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/struts2/dispatcher/ServletRedirectResult.java
index a843a5bb9..de37f0a7c 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/struts2/dispatcher/ServletRedirectResult.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/struts2/dispatcher/ServletRedirectResult.java
@@ -250,11 +250,13 @@ public class ServletRedirectResult extends StrutsResultSupport implements Reflec
 
     }
 
-    private static boolean isPathUrl(String url) {
+    private boolean isPathUrl(String url) {
         // filter out "http:", "https:", "mailto:", "file:", "ftp:"
-        // since the only valid places for : in URL's is before the path specification
-        // either before the port, or after the protocol
-        return (url.indexOf(':') == -1);
+        return !url.startsWith("http:")
+                && !url.startsWith("https:")
+                && !url.startsWith("mailto:")
+                && !url.startsWith("file:")
+                && !url.startsWith("ftp:");
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/apache/struts2/dispatcher/ServletRedirectResultTest.java b/core/src/test/java/org/apache/struts2/dispatcher/ServletRedirectResultTest.java
index 7d8606353..6be315bf3 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/apache/struts2/dispatcher/ServletRedirectResultTest.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/apache/struts2/dispatcher/ServletRedirectResultTest.java
@@ -79,6 +79,20 @@ public class ServletRedirectResultTest extends StrutsTestCase implements StrutsS
         }
     }
 
+    public void testFullUrlRedirect() {
+        view.setLocation("http://localhost/bar/foo.jsp");
+        responseMock.expect("sendRedirect", C.args(C.eq("http://localhost/bar/foo.jsp")));
+
+        try {
+            view.execute(ai);
+            requestMock.verify();
+            responseMock.verify();
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            e.printStackTrace();
+            fail();
+        }
+    }
+
     public void testAbsoluteRedirect303() {
         view.setLocation("/bar/foo.jsp");
         view.setStatusCode(303);