diff --git a/spring-webflow/src/main/java/org/springframework/webflow/mvc/servlet/FlowHandlerAdapter.java b/spring-webflow/src/main/java/org/springframework/webflow/mvc/servlet/FlowHandlerAdapter.java
index 5e2e9697..66fbd8d1 100644
--- a/spring-webflow/src/main/java/org/springframework/webflow/mvc/servlet/FlowHandlerAdapter.java
+++ b/spring-webflow/src/main/java/org/springframework/webflow/mvc/servlet/FlowHandlerAdapter.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2004-2012 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2004-2016 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ import org.springframework.http.HttpStatus;
 import org.springframework.js.ajax.AjaxHandler;
 import org.springframework.js.ajax.SpringJavascriptAjaxHandler;
 import org.springframework.util.Assert;
+import org.springframework.util.ObjectUtils;
+import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
 import org.springframework.web.servlet.FlashMap;
 import org.springframework.web.servlet.FlashMapManager;
 import org.springframework.web.servlet.HandlerAdapter;
@@ -87,6 +89,8 @@ public class FlowHandlerAdapter extends WebContentGenerator implements HandlerAd
 
 	private HttpStatus statusCode;
 
+	private String[] hosts;
+
 	private boolean saveOutputToFlashScopeOnRedirect;
 
 	/**
@@ -178,6 +182,27 @@ public class FlowHandlerAdapter extends WebContentGenerator implements HandlerAd
 		this.statusCode = statusCode;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Configure one or more hosts associated with the application. All other
+	 * hosts will be considered external hosts. In effect this property
+	 * provides a way turn off encoding via
+	 * {@link HttpServletResponse#encodeRedirectURL} for URLs that have a host
+	 * and that host is not listed as a known host.
+	 * <p>If not set (the default) all URLs are encoded through the response.
+	 * @param hosts one or more application hosts
+	 * @since 2.4.3
+	 */
+	public void setHosts(String[] hosts) {
+		this.hosts = hosts;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Return the configured hosts associated with the application.
+	 */
+	public String[] getHosts() {
+		return this.hosts;
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Set whether servlet relative redirects sent by this handler adapter
 	 * should pass {@link FlowExecutionOutcome#getOutput() flow output} to the
@@ -357,7 +382,7 @@ public class FlowHandlerAdapter extends WebContentGenerator implements HandlerAd
 		if (ajaxHandler.isAjaxRequest(request, response)) {
 			ajaxHandler.sendAjaxRedirect(url, request, response, false);
 		} else {
-			String encodedRedirectURL = response.encodeRedirectURL(url);
+			String encodedRedirectURL = (isRemoteHost(url) ? url : response.encodeRedirectURL(url));
 			if (redirectHttp10Compatible) {
 				if (statusCode != null) {
 					response.setStatus(statusCode.value());
@@ -376,6 +401,32 @@ public class FlowHandlerAdapter extends WebContentGenerator implements HandlerAd
 		}
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Whether the given targetUrl has a host that is a "foreign" system in which
+	 * case {@link HttpServletResponse#encodeRedirectURL} will not be applied.
+	 * This method returns {@code true} if the {@link #setHosts(String[])}
+	 * property is configured and the target URL has a host that does not match.
+	 * @param targetUrl the target redirect URL
+	 * @return {@code true} the target URL has a remote host, {@code false} if it
+	 * the URL does not have a host or the "host" property is not configured.
+	 * @since 2.4.3
+	 */
+	protected boolean isRemoteHost(String targetUrl) {
+		if (ObjectUtils.isEmpty(getHosts())) {
+			return false;
+		}
+		String targetHost = UriComponentsBuilder.fromUriString(targetUrl).build().getHost();
+		if (StringUtils.isEmpty(targetHost)) {
+			return false;
+		}
+		for (String host : getHosts()) {
+			if (targetHost.equals(host)) {
+				return false;
+			}
+		}
+		return true;
+	}
+
 	// internal helpers
 
 	private void handleFlowExecutionResult(FlowExecutionResult result, ServletExternalContext context,
diff --git a/spring-webflow/src/test/java/org/springframework/webflow/mvc/servlet/FlowHandlerAdapterTests.java b/spring-webflow/src/test/java/org/springframework/webflow/mvc/servlet/FlowHandlerAdapterTests.java
index a292268e..421ec50f 100644
--- a/spring-webflow/src/test/java/org/springframework/webflow/mvc/servlet/FlowHandlerAdapterTests.java
+++ b/spring-webflow/src/test/java/org/springframework/webflow/mvc/servlet/FlowHandlerAdapterTests.java
@@ -387,6 +387,19 @@ public class FlowHandlerAdapterTests extends TestCase {
 		EasyMock.verify(new Object[] { flowExecutor });
 	}
 
+	public void testRemoteHost() throws Exception {
+		assertFalse(flowHandlerAdapter.isRemoteHost("http://url.somewhere.com"));
+		assertFalse(flowHandlerAdapter.isRemoteHost("/path"));
+		assertFalse(flowHandlerAdapter.isRemoteHost("http://url.somewhereelse.com"));
+
+		flowHandlerAdapter.setHosts(new String[] {"url.somewhere.com"});
+
+		assertFalse(flowHandlerAdapter.isRemoteHost("http://url.somewhere.com"));
+		assertFalse(flowHandlerAdapter.isRemoteHost("/path"));
+		assertTrue(flowHandlerAdapter.isRemoteHost("http://url.somewhereelse.com"));
+
+	}
+
 	public void testDefaultHandleFlowException() throws Exception {
 		setupRequest("/springtravel", "/app", "/foo", "GET");
 		Map<String, String> parameters = new HashMap<String, String>();