diff --git a/packages/playwright-core/src/server/fetch.ts b/packages/playwright-core/src/server/fetch.ts
index 84435874e3..d0433f8996 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-core/src/server/fetch.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-core/src/server/fetch.ts
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ export abstract class FetchRequest extends SdkObject {
             delete headers[`content-type`];
           }
 
-          const redirectOptions: http.RequestOptions & { maxRedirects: number, deadline: number } = {
+          const redirectOptions: https.RequestOptions & { maxRedirects: number, deadline: number } = {
             method,
             headers,
             agent: options.agent,
@@ -239,6 +239,9 @@ export abstract class FetchRequest extends SdkObject {
             timeout: options.timeout,
             deadline: options.deadline
           };
+          // rejectUnauthorized = undefined is treated as true in node 12.
+          if (options.rejectUnauthorized === false)
+            redirectOptions.rejectUnauthorized = false;
 
           // HTTP-redirect fetch step 4: If locationURL is null, then return response.
           if (response.headers.location) {
diff --git a/tests/global-fetch.spec.ts b/tests/global-fetch.spec.ts
index 460ebf439f..57561c9e7f 100644
--- a/tests/global-fetch.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/global-fetch.spec.ts
@@ -146,6 +146,13 @@ it('should support global ignoreHTTPSErrors option', async ({ playwright, httpsS
   expect(response.status()).toBe(200);
 });
 
+it('should propagate ignoreHTTPSErrors on redirects', async ({ playwright, httpsServer }) => {
+  httpsServer.setRedirect('/redir', '/empty.html');
+  const request = await playwright.request.newContext();
+  const response = await request.get(httpsServer.PREFIX + '/redir', { ignoreHTTPSErrors: true });
+  expect(response.status()).toBe(200);
+});
+
 it('should resolve url relative to gobal baseURL option', async ({ playwright, server }) => {
   const request = await playwright.request.newContext({ baseURL: server.PREFIX });
   const response = await request.get('/empty.html');