merge from 3.2
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_urllib2.py b/Lib/test/test_urllib2.py
index bcf5916..0ff3181 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_urllib2.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_urllib2.py
@@ -1076,6 +1076,19 @@
                 MockHeaders({"location": valid_url}))
             self.assertEqual(o.req.get_full_url(), valid_url)
 
+    def test_relative_redirect(self):
+        from_url = "http://example.com/a.html"
+        relative_url = "/b.html"
+        h = urllib.request.HTTPRedirectHandler()
+        o = h.parent = MockOpener()
+        req = Request(from_url)
+        req.timeout = socket._GLOBAL_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT
+
+        valid_url = urllib.parse.urljoin(from_url,relative_url)
+        h.http_error_302(req, MockFile(), 302, "That's fine",
+            MockHeaders({"location": valid_url}))
+        self.assertEqual(o.req.get_full_url(), valid_url)
+
     def test_cookie_redirect(self):
         # cookies shouldn't leak into redirected requests
         from http.cookiejar import CookieJar
diff --git a/Lib/urllib/request.py b/Lib/urllib/request.py
index 8bf15d8..2f74759 100644
--- a/Lib/urllib/request.py
+++ b/Lib/urllib/request.py
@@ -572,7 +572,7 @@
         # For security reasons we don't allow redirection to anything other
         # than http, https or ftp.
 
-        if urlparts.scheme not in ('http', 'https', 'ftp'):
+        if urlparts.scheme not in ('http', 'https', 'ftp', ''):
             raise HTTPError(
                 newurl, code,
                 "%s - Redirection to url '%s' is not allowed" % (msg, newurl),
@@ -1963,7 +1963,7 @@
         # We are using newer HTTPError with older redirect_internal method
         # This older method will get deprecated in 3.3
 
-        if urlparts.scheme not in ('http', 'https', 'ftp'):
+        if urlparts.scheme not in ('http', 'https', 'ftp', ''):
             raise HTTPError(newurl, errcode,
                             errmsg +
                             " Redirection to url '%s' is not allowed." % newurl,
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 2df62e5..cd2be2b 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -422,6 +422,8 @@
 Library
 -------
 
+- Issue #13696: Fix the 302 Relative URL Redirection problem.
+
 - Issue #13636: Weak ciphers are now disabled by default in the ssl module
   (except when SSLv2 is explicitly asked for).