diff --git a/addons/website/models/ir_http.py b/addons/website/models/ir_http.py
index 00761d13c56..99b420f83fb 100644
--- a/addons/website/models/ir_http.py
+++ b/addons/website/models/ir_http.py
@@ -346,7 +346,10 @@ class Http(models.AbstractModel):
 
         redirect = cls._serve_redirect()
         if redirect:
-            return request.redirect(_build_url_w_params(redirect.url_to, request.params), code=redirect.redirect_type)
+            return request.redirect(
+                _build_url_w_params(redirect.url_to, request.params),
+                code=redirect.redirect_type,
+                local=False)  # safe because only designers can specify redirects
 
         return False