diff --git a/source/core/index.ts b/source/core/index.ts
index 704cc7990..2841e9fd3 100644
--- a/source/core/index.ts
+++ b/source/core/index.ts
@@ -1057,6 +1057,10 @@ export default class Request extends Duplex implements RequestEvents<Request> {
 
 				// Redirecting to a different site, clear sensitive data.
 				if (redirectUrl.hostname !== url.hostname) {
+					if ('host' in options.headers) {
+						delete options.headers.host;
+					}
+
 					if ('cookie' in options.headers) {
 						delete options.headers.cookie;
 					}
diff --git a/test/redirects.ts b/test/redirects.ts
index c587c769d..8fdfcf449 100644
--- a/test/redirects.ts
+++ b/test/redirects.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import {TLSSocket} from 'tls';
 import test from 'ava';
 import {Handler} from 'express';
 import nock = require('nock');
-import {MaxRedirectsError} from '../source';
+import got, {MaxRedirectsError} from '../source';
 import withServer from './helpers/with-server';
 
 const reachedHandler: Handler = (_request, response) => {
@@ -432,3 +432,13 @@ test('clears the authorization header when redirecting to a different hostname',
 	}).json();
 	t.is(headers.Authorization, undefined);
 });
+
+test('clears the host header when redirecting to a different hostname', async t => {
+	nock('https://testweb.com').get('/redirect').reply(302, undefined, {location: 'https://webtest.com/'});
+	nock('https://webtest.com').get('/').reply(function (_uri, _body) {
+		return [200, this.req.getHeader('host')];
+	});
+
+	const resp = await got('https://testweb.com/redirect', {headers: {host: 'wrongsite.com'}});
+	t.is(resp.body, 'webtest.com');
+});