diff --git a/tempest/lib/common/http.py b/tempest/lib/common/http.py
index b3793bc..dffc5f9 100644
--- a/tempest/lib/common/http.py
+++ b/tempest/lib/common/http.py
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 2013 OpenStack Foundation
-# Copyright 2013 Citrix Systems, Inc.
+# Copyright 2016 OpenStack Foundation
 # All Rights Reserved.
 #
 #    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
@@ -14,12 +13,43 @@
 #    License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
 #    under the License.
 
-import httplib2
+import urllib3
 
 
-class ClosingHttp(httplib2.Http):
-    def request(self, *args, **kwargs):
+class ClosingHttp(urllib3.poolmanager.PoolManager):
+    def __init__(self, disable_ssl_certificate_validation=False,
+                 ca_certs=None):
+        kwargs = {}
+
+        if disable_ssl_certificate_validation:
+            urllib3.disable_warnings()
+            kwargs['cert_reqs'] = 'CERT_NONE'
+
+        if ca_certs:
+            kwargs['cert_reqs'] = 'CERT_REQUIRED'
+            kwargs['ca_certs'] = ca_certs
+
+        super(ClosingHttp, self).__init__(**kwargs)
+
+    def request(self, url, method, *args, **kwargs):
+
+        class Response(dict):
+            def __init__(self, info):
+                for key, value in info.getheaders().items():
+                    self[key.lower()] = value
+                self.status = info.status
+                self['status'] = str(self.status)
+                self.reason = info.reason
+                self.version = info.version
+                self['content-location'] = url
+
         original_headers = kwargs.get('headers', {})
         new_headers = dict(original_headers, connection='close')
         new_kwargs = dict(kwargs, headers=new_headers)
-        return super(ClosingHttp, self).request(*args, **new_kwargs)
+
+        # Follow up to 5 redirections. Don't raise an exception if
+        # it's exceeded but return the HTTP 3XX response instead.
+        retry = urllib3.util.Retry(raise_on_redirect=False, redirect=5)
+        r = super(ClosingHttp, self).request(method, url, retries=retry,
+                                             *args, **new_kwargs)
+        return Response(r), r.data