diff --git a/.github/workflows/python-publish.yml b/.github/workflows/python-publish.yml
index 2277336..24374cb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/python-publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/python-publish.yml
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ jobs:
     environment:
       name: pypi
       url: https://pypi.org/p/simple-repository-server
-     
+
     steps:
       - name: Retrieve release distributions
         uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
diff --git a/simple_repository_server/__main__.py b/simple_repository_server/__main__.py
index 704b612..e5bd6cb 100644
--- a/simple_repository_server/__main__.py
+++ b/simple_repository_server/__main__.py
@@ -59,6 +59,11 @@ def configure_parser(parser: argparse.ArgumentParser) -> None:
 
     parser.add_argument("--host", default="0.0.0.0")
     parser.add_argument("--port", type=int, default=8000)
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--stream-http-resources",
+        action="store_true",
+        help="Stream HTTP resources through this server instead of redirecting (default: redirect)",
+    )
     parser.add_argument("repository_url", metavar="repository-url", type=str, nargs="+")
 
 
@@ -88,7 +93,7 @@ def create_repository(
     return MetadataInjectorRepository(repo, http_client)
 
 
-def create_app(repository_urls: list[str]) -> fastapi.FastAPI:
+def create_app(repository_urls: list[str], *, stream_http_resources: bool = False) -> fastapi.FastAPI:
     @asynccontextmanager
     async def lifespan(app: FastAPI) -> typing.AsyncIterator[None]:
         # Configure httpx client with netrc support if netrc file exists
@@ -100,7 +105,13 @@ async def lifespan(app: FastAPI) -> typing.AsyncIterator[None]:
 
         async with httpx.AsyncClient(auth=auth, follow_redirects=True) as http_client:
             repo = create_repository(repository_urls, http_client=http_client)
-            app.include_router(simple.build_router(repo, http_client=http_client))
+            app.include_router(
+                simple.build_router(
+                    repo,
+                    http_client=http_client,
+                    stream_http_resources=stream_http_resources,
+                ),
+            )
             yield
 
     app = FastAPI(
@@ -114,8 +125,9 @@ def handler(args: typing.Any) -> None:
     host: str = args.host
     port: int = args.port
     repository_urls: list[str] = args.repository_url
+    stream_http_resources: bool = args.stream_http_resources
     uvicorn.run(
-        app=create_app(repository_urls),
+        app=create_app(repository_urls, stream_http_resources=stream_http_resources),
         host=host,
         port=port,
     )
diff --git a/simple_repository_server/routers/simple.py b/simple_repository_server/routers/simple.py
index 66b6641..0470ae9 100644
--- a/simple_repository_server/routers/simple.py
+++ b/simple_repository_server/routers/simple.py
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ def build_router(
     http_client: httpx.AsyncClient,
     prefix: str = "/simple/",
     repo_factory: typing.Optional[typing.Callable[..., SimpleRepository]] = None,
+    stream_http_resources: bool = False,
 ) -> APIRouter:
     """
     Build a FastAPI router for the given repository and http_client.
@@ -188,16 +189,19 @@ async def resources(
             )
 
         if isinstance(resource, model.HttpResource):
-            response_iterator = await HttpResponseIterator.create_iterator(
-                http_client=http_client,
-                url=resource.url,
-                request_headers=request.headers,
-            )
-            return StreamingResponse(
-                content=response_iterator,
-                status_code=response_iterator.status_code,
-                headers=response_iterator.headers,
-            )
+            if stream_http_resources:
+                response_iterator = await HttpResponseIterator.create_iterator(
+                    http_client=http_client,
+                    url=resource.url,
+                    request_headers=request.headers,
+                )
+                return StreamingResponse(
+                    content=response_iterator,
+                    status_code=response_iterator.status_code,
+                    headers=response_iterator.headers,
+                )
+            else:
+                return RedirectResponse(url=resource.url, status_code=302)
 
         if isinstance(resource, model.LocalResource):
             ctx_etag = resource.context.get("etag")
diff --git a/simple_repository_server/tests/api/test_simple_router.py b/simple_repository_server/tests/api/test_simple_router.py
index eef57c3..59b00e9 100644
--- a/simple_repository_server/tests/api/test_simple_router.py
+++ b/simple_repository_server/tests/api/test_simple_router.py
@@ -120,7 +120,22 @@ async def test_simple_package_releases__package_not_found(client: TestClient, mo
     }
 
 
-def test_get_resource__remote(mock_repo: mock.AsyncMock, httpx_mock: HTTPXMock) -> None:
+def test_get_resource__http_redirect(mock_repo: mock.AsyncMock) -> None:
+    mock_repo.get_resource.return_value = model.HttpResource(
+        url="http://my_url",
+    )
+
+    http_client = httpx.AsyncClient()
+    app = FastAPI()
+    app.include_router(simple_router.build_router(mock_repo, http_client=http_client))
+    client = TestClient(app)
+
+    response = client.get("/resources/numpy/numpy-1.0-ciao.whl", follow_redirects=False)
+    assert response.status_code == 302
+    assert response.headers["location"] == "http://my_url"
+
+
+def test_get_resource__http_streaming(mock_repo: mock.AsyncMock, httpx_mock: HTTPXMock) -> None:
     mock_repo.get_resource.return_value = model.HttpResource(
         url="http://my_url",
     )
@@ -132,7 +147,7 @@ def test_get_resource__remote(mock_repo: mock.AsyncMock, httpx_mock: HTTPXMock)
     )
     http_client = httpx.AsyncClient()
     app = FastAPI()
-    app.include_router(simple_router.build_router(mock_repo, http_client=http_client))
+    app.include_router(simple_router.build_router(mock_repo, http_client=http_client, stream_http_resources=True))
     client = TestClient(app)
 
     response = client.get("/resources/numpy/numpy-1.0-ciao.whl", follow_redirects=False)