diff --git a/src/ResponseFactory.php b/src/ResponseFactory.php
index 11d3530d..67d0cfe8 100644
--- a/src/ResponseFactory.php
+++ b/src/ResponseFactory.php
@@ -4,8 +4,10 @@
 
 use Closure;
 use Illuminate\Contracts\Support\Arrayable;
+use Illuminate\Http\RedirectResponse;
 use Illuminate\Support\Arr;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\App;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Request;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Response as BaseResponse;
 use Illuminate\Support\Traits\Macroable;
 
@@ -82,6 +84,10 @@ public function render($component, $props = [])
 
     public function location($url)
     {
-        return BaseResponse::make('', 409, ['X-Inertia-Location' => $url]);
+        if (Request::inertia()) {
+            return BaseResponse::make('', 409, ['X-Inertia-Location' => $url]);
+        }
+
+        return new RedirectResponse($url);
     }
 }
diff --git a/tests/ResponseFactoryTest.php b/tests/ResponseFactoryTest.php
index 6888d651..297a1602 100644
--- a/tests/ResponseFactoryTest.php
+++ b/tests/ResponseFactoryTest.php
@@ -2,8 +2,10 @@
 
 namespace Inertia\Tests;
 
+use Illuminate\Http\RedirectResponse;
 use Illuminate\Http\Response;
 use Illuminate\Session\Middleware\StartSession;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Request;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Route;
 use Inertia\Inertia;
 use Inertia\LazyProp;
@@ -22,15 +24,32 @@ public function test_can_macro()
         $this->assertEquals('bar', $factory->foo());
     }
 
-    public function test_location_response()
+    public function test_location_response_for_inertia_requests()
     {
+        Request::macro('inertia', function () {
+            return true;
+        });
+
         $response = (new ResponseFactory())->location('https://inertiajs.com');
 
         $this->assertInstanceOf(Response::class, $response);
-        $this->assertEquals(409, $response->getStatusCode());
+        $this->assertEquals(Response::HTTP_CONFLICT, $response->getStatusCode());
         $this->assertEquals('https://inertiajs.com', $response->headers->get('X-Inertia-Location'));
     }
 
+    public function test_location_response_for_non_inertia_requests()
+    {
+        Request::macro('inertia', function () {
+            return false;
+        });
+
+        $response = (new ResponseFactory())->location('https://inertiajs.com');
+
+        $this->assertInstanceOf(RedirectResponse::class, $response);
+        $this->assertEquals(Response::HTTP_FOUND, $response->getStatusCode());
+        $this->assertEquals('https://inertiajs.com', $response->headers->get('location'));
+    }
+
     public function test_the_version_can_be_a_closure()
     {
         Route::middleware([StartSession::class, ExampleMiddleware::class])->get('/', function () {