diff --git a/packages/driver/cypress/integration/commands/net_stubbing_spec.ts b/packages/driver/cypress/integration/commands/net_stubbing_spec.ts
index 990cd60f4c..59e412a9c4 100644
--- a/packages/driver/cypress/integration/commands/net_stubbing_spec.ts
+++ b/packages/driver/cypress/integration/commands/net_stubbing_spec.ts
@@ -928,6 +928,22 @@ describe('network stubbing', function () {
       .wait('@dest')
     })
 
+    // @see https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/issues/7967
+    it('can skip redirects via followRedirect', function () {
+      const href = `/fixtures/generic.html?t=${Date.now()}`
+      const url = `/redirect?href=${encodeURIComponent(href)}`
+
+      cy.route2('/redirect', (req) => {
+        req.followRedirect = true
+        req.reply((res) => {
+          expect(res.body).to.include('Some generic content')
+          expect(res.statusCode).to.eq(200)
+          res.send()
+        })
+      })
+      .then(() => fetch(url))
+    })
+
     it('intercepts cached responses as expected', {
       browser: '!firefox', // TODO: why does firefox behave differently? transparently returns cached response
     }, function () {
diff --git a/packages/net-stubbing/lib/external-types.ts b/packages/net-stubbing/lib/external-types.ts
index bd5807e104..8c2d1ab88d 100644
--- a/packages/net-stubbing/lib/external-types.ts
+++ b/packages/net-stubbing/lib/external-types.ts
@@ -39,6 +39,11 @@ export namespace CyHttpMessages {
 
   export type IncomingRequest = BaseMessage & {
     responseTimeout?: number
+    /**
+     * Set if redirects should be followed when this request is made. By default, requests will
+     * not follow redirects before yielding the response (the 3xx redirect is yielded)
+     */
+    followRedirect?: boolean
   }
 
   export interface IncomingHttpRequest extends IncomingRequest {
diff --git a/packages/net-stubbing/lib/internal-types.ts b/packages/net-stubbing/lib/internal-types.ts
index 98a4c282f0..ee2d9cadd1 100644
--- a/packages/net-stubbing/lib/internal-types.ts
+++ b/packages/net-stubbing/lib/internal-types.ts
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ export const SERIALIZABLE_REQ_PROPS = [
   'method',
   'httpVersion',
   'responseTimeout',
+  'followRedirect',
 ]
 
 export const SERIALIZABLE_RES_PROPS = _.concat(
@@ -89,6 +90,7 @@ export declare namespace NetEventFrames {
     // Millisecond timestamp for when the response should continue
     continueResponseAt?: number
     throttleKbps?: number
+    followRedirect?: boolean
   }
 
   // fired when a response has been sent completely by the server to an intercepted request
diff --git a/packages/proxy/lib/http/request-middleware.ts b/packages/proxy/lib/http/request-middleware.ts
index 40633b20e8..f68d2254b4 100644
--- a/packages/proxy/lib/http/request-middleware.ts
+++ b/packages/proxy/lib/http/request-middleware.ts
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ const SendRequestOutgoing: RequestMiddleware = function () {
   const requestOptions = {
     timeout: this.req.responseTimeout,
     strictSSL: false,
-    followRedirect: false,
+    followRedirect: this.req.followRedirect || false,
     retryIntervals: [0, 100, 200, 200],
     url: this.req.proxiedUrl,
   }
diff --git a/packages/proxy/lib/types.ts b/packages/proxy/lib/types.ts
index e0b3255cc2..05977a326b 100644
--- a/packages/proxy/lib/types.ts
+++ b/packages/proxy/lib/types.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ export type CypressIncomingRequest = Request & {
   requestId: string
   body?: string
   responseTimeout?: number
+  followRedirect?: boolean
 }
 
 /**