diff --git a/modules/reitit-ring/src/reitit/ring.cljc b/modules/reitit-ring/src/reitit/ring.cljc
index 397eb25b..73a52529 100644
--- a/modules/reitit-ring/src/reitit/ring.cljc
+++ b/modules/reitit-ring/src/reitit/ring.cljc
@@ -123,9 +123,10 @@
   [{:keys [method] :or {method :both}}]
   (let [redirect-handler (fn redirect-handler [request]
                            (let [uri (:uri request)
+                                 status (if (= (:method request) :get) 301 308)
                                  maybe-redirect (fn maybe-redirect [path]
                                                   (if (r/match-by-path (::r/router request) path)
-                                                    {:status 308 ; permanent redirect
+                                                    {:status status
                                                      :headers {"Location" path}
                                                      :body ""}))]
                              (if (str/ends-with? uri "/")