diff --git a/indra/llmessage/aicurl.cpp b/indra/llmessage/aicurl.cpp
index 2353f24bd..e06a01570 100644
--- a/indra/llmessage/aicurl.cpp
+++ b/indra/llmessage/aicurl.cpp
@@ -1344,11 +1344,22 @@ void BufferedCurlEasyRequest::prepRequest(AICurlEasyRequest_wat& curl_easy_reque
   curl_easy_request_w->setReadCallback(&curlReadCallback, lockobj);
   curl_easy_request_w->setHeaderCallback(&curlHeaderCallback, lockobj);
 
+  bool allow_cookies = headers.hasHeader("Cookie");
   // Allow up to ten redirects.
   if (responder->followRedir())
   {
 	curl_easy_request_w->setopt(CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, 1);
 	curl_easy_request_w->setopt(CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS, HTTP_REDIRECTS_DEFAULT);
+	// This is needed (at least) for authentication after temporary redirection
+	// to id.secondlife.com for marketplace.secondlife.com.
+	allow_cookies = true;
+  }
+  if (allow_cookies)
+  {
+	// Given an empty or non-existing file or by passing the empty string (""),
+	// this option will enable cookies for this curl handle, making it understand
+	// and parse received cookies and then use matching cookies in future requests.
+	curl_easy_request_w->setopt(CURLOPT_COOKIEFILE, "");
   }
 
   // Keep responder alive.
diff --git a/indra/llmessage/llurlrequest.cpp b/indra/llmessage/llurlrequest.cpp
index 927b64b7a..d2683a88c 100644
--- a/indra/llmessage/llurlrequest.cpp
+++ b/indra/llmessage/llurlrequest.cpp
@@ -85,11 +85,6 @@ LLURLRequest::LLURLRequest(LLURLRequest::ERequestAction action, std::string cons
 
 void LLURLRequest::initialize_impl(void)
 {
-	if (mHeaders.hasHeader("Cookie"))
-	{
-		allowCookies();
-	}
-
 	// If the header is "Pragma" with no value, the caller intends to
 	// force libcurl to drop the Pragma header it so gratuitously inserts.
 	// Before inserting the header, force libcurl to not use the proxy.
@@ -199,12 +194,6 @@ void LLURLRequest::useProxy(const std::string &proxy)
 }
 #endif
 
-void LLURLRequest::allowCookies()
-{
-	AICurlEasyRequest_wat curlEasyRequest_w(*mCurlEasyRequest);
-	curlEasyRequest_w->setoptString(CURLOPT_COOKIEFILE, "");
-}
-
 bool LLURLRequest::configure(AICurlEasyRequest_wat const& curlEasyRequest_w)
 {
 	bool rv = false;
diff --git a/indra/llmessage/llurlrequest.h b/indra/llmessage/llurlrequest.h
index 8f019310f..fbe97c22f 100644
--- a/indra/llmessage/llurlrequest.h
+++ b/indra/llmessage/llurlrequest.h
@@ -84,11 +84,6 @@ class LLURLRequest : public AICurlEasyRequestStateMachine {
 	/*virtual*/ ~LLURLRequest() { }
 
   public:
-	/**
-	 * @brief Turn on cookie handling for this request with CURLOPT_COOKIEFILE.
-	 */
-	void allowCookies(void);
-
     /**
      * @ brief Turn off (or on) the CURLOPT_PROXY header.
      */