diff --git a/lib/transfer.c b/lib/transfer.c
index d5eb2c3274..b9581d7adf 100644
--- a/lib/transfer.c
+++ b/lib/transfer.c
@@ -1717,12 +1717,19 @@ CURLcode Curl_follow(struct Curl_easy *data,
     break;
 
   case 303: /* See Other */
-    /* Disable both types of POSTs, unless the user explicitly
-       asks for POST after POST */
-    if(data->set.httpreq != HTTPREQ_GET
-      && !(data->set.keep_post & CURL_REDIR_POST_303)) {
-      data->set.httpreq = HTTPREQ_GET; /* enforce GET request */
-      infof(data, "Disables POST, goes with %s\n",
+    /* 'See Other' location is not the resource but a substitute for the
+     * resource. In this case we switch the method to GET/HEAD, unless the
+     * method is POST and the user specified to keep it as POST.
+     * https://github.com/curl/curl/issues/5237#issuecomment-614641049
+     */
+    if(data->set.httpreq != HTTPREQ_GET &&
+       ((data->set.httpreq != HTTPREQ_POST &&
+         data->set.httpreq != HTTPREQ_POST_FORM &&
+         data->set.httpreq != HTTPREQ_POST_MIME) ||
+        !(data->set.keep_post & CURL_REDIR_POST_303))) {
+      data->set.httpreq = HTTPREQ_GET;
+      data->set.upload = false;
+      infof(data, "Switch to %s\n",
             data->set.opt_no_body?"HEAD":"GET");
     }
     break;
diff --git a/tests/data/Makefile.inc b/tests/data/Makefile.inc
index 425a0c02f8..26faa954fe 100644
--- a/tests/data/Makefile.inc
+++ b/tests/data/Makefile.inc
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ test1450 test1451 test1452 test1453 test1454 test1455 test1456 test1457 \
 test1458 test1459 test1500 test1501 test1502 test1503 test1504 test1505 \
 test1506 test1507 test1508 test1509 test1510 test1511 test1512 test1513 \
 test1514 test1515 test1516 test1517 test1518 test1519 test1520 test1521 \
-test1522 test1523 \
+test1522 test1523 test1524 \
 \
 test1525 test1526 test1527 test1528 test1529 test1530 test1531 test1532 \
 test1533 test1534 test1535 test1536 test1537 test1538 \
diff --git a/tests/data/test1524 b/tests/data/test1524
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ed0c0476e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/data/test1524
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+<testcase>
+<info>
+<keywords>
+HTTP
+HTTP PUT
+followlocation
+</keywords>
+</info>
+#
+# Server-side
+<reply>
+<data>
+HTTP/1.1 303 OK swsclose
+Location: moo.html&testcase=/15240002
+Connection: close
+
+</data>
+<data2>
+HTTP/1.1 200 OK swsclose
+Location: this should be ignored
+Connection: close
+
+body
+</data2>
+<datacheck>
+HTTP/1.1 303 OK swsclose
+Location: moo.html&testcase=/15240002
+Connection: close
+
+HTTP/1.1 200 OK swsclose
+Location: this should be ignored
+Connection: close
+
+body
+</datacheck>
+</reply>
+
+#
+# Client-side
+<client>
+<server>
+http
+</server>
+ <name>
+HTTP PUT with 303 redirect
+ </name>
+ <command>
+http://%HOSTIP:%HTTPPORT/blah/1524 -L -T log/upload1524.txt
+</command>
+<file name="log/upload1524.txt">
+moo
+</file>
+</client>
+
+#
+# Verify data after the test has been "shot"
+<verify>
+<strip>
+^User-Agent:.*
+</strip>
+<protocol nonewline="yes">
+PUT /blah/1524 HTTP/1.1
+Host: %HOSTIP:%HTTPPORT
+Accept: */*
+Content-Length: 4
+Expect: 100-continue
+
+moo
+GET /blah/moo.html&testcase=/15240002 HTTP/1.1
+User-Agent: this should be ignored
+Host: %HOSTIP:%HTTPPORT
+Accept: */*
+
+
+</protocol>
+</verify>
+</testcase>