diff --git a/internal/scan/securityheaders.go b/internal/scan/securityheaders.go
index 2b12e12f..d6c13a49 100644
--- a/internal/scan/securityheaders.go
+++ b/internal/scan/securityheaders.go
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ func SecurityHeaders(url string, timeout time.Duration, logdir string) (Security
 	// header-only scan: drain on close so the conn is returned to the pool.
 	defer httpx.DrainClose(resp)
 
-	results := gradeSecurityHeaders(resp.Header, strings.HasPrefix(url, "https://"))
+	results := gradeSecurityHeaders(resp.Header, responseIsHTTPS(resp, url))
 
 	for _, r := range results {
 		line := r.Header + " " + r.Note
@@ -96,6 +96,18 @@ func SecurityHeaders(url string, timeout time.Duration, logdir string) (Security
 	return results, nil
 }
 
+// responseIsHTTPS reports whether the response was actually served over
+// https. the client follows redirects, so a request that started as
+// http:// can end up served over https:// (or vice versa); the final
+// scheme lives on resp.Request.URL, not the originally requested url.
+// falls back to the requested url's scheme if that's unavailable.
+func responseIsHTTPS(resp *http.Response, requestedURL string) bool {
+	if resp != nil && resp.Request != nil && resp.Request.URL != nil {
+		return resp.Request.URL.Scheme == "https"
+	}
+	return strings.HasPrefix(requestedURL, "https://")
+}
+
 func gradeSecurityHeaders(header http.Header, https bool) SecurityHeaderResults {
 	var results SecurityHeaderResults
 
diff --git a/internal/scan/securityheaders_test.go b/internal/scan/securityheaders_test.go
index 90728b9b..3a2478d7 100644
--- a/internal/scan/securityheaders_test.go
+++ b/internal/scan/securityheaders_test.go
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ package scan
 import (
 	"net/http"
 	"net/http/httptest"
+	"net/url"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 )
@@ -151,6 +152,59 @@ func TestGradeSecurityHeaders_Disclosure(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestResponseIsHTTPS_UsesFinalRequestScheme(t *testing.T) {
+	httpURL, err := url.Parse("http://example.com")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	httpsURL, err := url.Parse("https://example.com")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		name         string
+		resp         *http.Response
+		requestedURL string
+		want         bool
+	}{
+		{
+			// the requested url was http, but the client followed a redirect
+			// to https; hsts must be graded against the actual scheme.
+			name:         "redirected from http to https",
+			resp:         &http.Response{Request: &http.Request{URL: httpsURL}},
+			requestedURL: "http://example.com",
+			want:         true,
+		},
+		{
+			name:         "redirected from https to http",
+			resp:         &http.Response{Request: &http.Request{URL: httpURL}},
+			requestedURL: "https://example.com",
+			want:         false,
+		},
+		{
+			name:         "no redirect, stays http",
+			resp:         &http.Response{Request: &http.Request{URL: httpURL}},
+			requestedURL: "http://example.com",
+			want:         false,
+		},
+		{
+			name:         "no request on response falls back to requested url",
+			resp:         &http.Response{},
+			requestedURL: "https://example.com",
+			want:         true,
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			if got := responseIsHTTPS(tt.resp, tt.requestedURL); got != tt.want {
+				t.Errorf("responseIsHTTPS() = %v, want %v", got, tt.want)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
 func TestSecurityHeaders_LiveResponse(t *testing.T) {
 	server := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		w.Header().Set("X-Frame-Options", "SAMEORIGIN")