diff --git a/lib/app/utils.js b/lib/app/utils.js
index cb2642ced0..7942fbdd21 100644
--- a/lib/app/utils.js
+++ b/lib/app/utils.js
@@ -127,11 +127,16 @@ export async function setContext(app, context) {
       if (!status) return
       app.context._redirected = true // Used in middleware
       // if only 1 or 2 arguments: redirect('/') or redirect('/', { foo: 'bar' })
-      if (typeof status === 'string' && (typeof path === 'undefined' || typeof path === 'object')) {
+      let pathType = typeof path
+      if (typeof status !== 'number' && (pathType === 'undefined' || pathType === 'object')) {
         query = path || {}
         path = status
+        pathType = typeof path
         status = 302
       }
+      if (pathType === 'object') {
+        path = app.router.resolve(path).href
+      }
       // "/absolute/route", "./relative/route" or "../relative/route"
       if (/(^[.]{1,2}\/)|(^\/(?!\/))/.test(path)) {
         app.context.next({
diff --git a/test/basic.csr.test.js b/test/basic.csr.test.js
index b8108dae16..0329e398b8 100644
--- a/test/basic.csr.test.js
+++ b/test/basic.csr.test.js
@@ -148,21 +148,27 @@ test.serial('/error2', async t => {
   t.deepEqual(await page.nuxt.errorData(), { message: 'Custom error' })
 })
 
-test.serial('/redirect2', async t => {
-  await page.nuxt.navigate('/redirect2')
+test.serial('/redirect-middleware', async t => {
+  await page.nuxt.navigate('/redirect-middleware')
 
   t.is(await page.$text('h1'), 'Index page')
 })
 
-test.serial('/redirect3', async t => {
+test.serial('/redirect-external', async t => {
   // New page for redirecting to external link.
   const page = await browser.page(url('/'))
-  await page.nuxt.navigate('/redirect3', false)
+  await page.nuxt.navigate('/redirect-external', false)
   await page.waitForFunction(() => window.location.href === 'https://nuxtjs.org/')
   page.close()
   t.pass()
 })
 
+test.serial('/redirect-name', async t => {
+  await page.nuxt.navigate('/redirect-name')
+
+  t.is(await page.$text('h1'), 'My component!')
+})
+
 test.serial('/no-ssr', async t => {
   await page.nuxt.navigate('/no-ssr')
 
diff --git a/test/basic.ssr.test.js b/test/basic.ssr.test.js
index d023acaa8b..5e5ee17305 100755
--- a/test/basic.ssr.test.js
+++ b/test/basic.ssr.test.js
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ test('/redirect -> check redirected source', async t => {
 
 test('/redirect -> external link', async t => {
   const headers = {}
-  const { html } = await nuxt.renderRoute('/redirect3', {
+  const { html } = await nuxt.renderRoute('/redirect-external', {
     res: {
       setHeader(k, v) {
         headers[k] = v
@@ -187,14 +187,21 @@ test.serial('/error-midd', async t => {
   t.true(errorSpy.notCalled)
 })
 
-test.serial('/redirect2', async t => {
+test.serial('/redirect-middleware', async t => {
   const errorSpy = await interceptError()
-  await rp(url('/redirect2')) // Should not console.error
+  await rp(url('/redirect-middleware')) // Should not console.error
   release()
   // Don't display error since redirect returns a noopApp
   t.true(errorSpy.notCalled)
 })
 
+test('/redirect-name', async t => {
+  const { html, redirected } = await nuxt.renderRoute('/redirect-name')
+  t.true(html.includes('<div id="__nuxt"></div>'))
+  t.true(redirected.path === '/stateless')
+  t.true(redirected.status === 302)
+})
+
 test('/no-ssr', async t => {
   const { html } = await nuxt.renderRoute('/no-ssr')
   t.true(html.includes('<div class="no-ssr-placeholder">&lt;p&gt;Loading...&lt;/p&gt;</div>'))
diff --git a/test/fixtures/basic/pages/redirect3.vue b/test/fixtures/basic/pages/redirect-external.vue
similarity index 100%
rename from test/fixtures/basic/pages/redirect3.vue
rename to test/fixtures/basic/pages/redirect-external.vue
diff --git a/test/fixtures/basic/pages/redirect2.vue b/test/fixtures/basic/pages/redirect-middleware.vue
similarity index 100%
rename from test/fixtures/basic/pages/redirect2.vue
rename to test/fixtures/basic/pages/redirect-middleware.vue
diff --git a/test/fixtures/basic/pages/redirect-name.vue b/test/fixtures/basic/pages/redirect-name.vue
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0797e27eaa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/basic/pages/redirect-name.vue
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+<template>
+  <div>Redirecting...</div>
+</template>
+
+<script>
+export default {
+  fetch({ redirect }) {
+    return redirect({name: 'stateless'})
+  }
+}
+</script>