Index: stripes/src/net/sourceforge/stripes/action/RedirectResolution.java
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--- stripes/src/net/sourceforge/stripes/action/RedirectResolution.java	(revision 970)
+++ stripes/src/net/sourceforge/stripes/action/RedirectResolution.java	(revision )
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
  */
 public class RedirectResolution extends OnwardResolution<RedirectResolution> implements Resolution {
     private static final Log log = Log.getInstance(RedirectResolution.class);
+    private boolean permanent;
     private boolean prependContext = true;
     private boolean includeRequestParameters;
     private Collection<ActionBean> beans; // used to flash action beans
@@ -107,6 +108,18 @@
     }
 
     /**
+     * Indicates whether the redirect should be a permanent redirect (HTTP status code 301) instead
+     * of a temporary redirect (the default).
+     *
+     * @param permanent Whether the redirect should be a permanent redirect.
+     * @return RedirectResolution, this resolution so that methods can be chained
+     */
+    public RedirectResolution setPermanent(boolean permanent) {
+        this.permanent = permanent;
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    /**
      * If set to true, will cause absolutely all request parameters present in the current request
      * to be appended to the redirect URL that will be sent to the browser. Since some browsers
      * and servers cannot handle extremely long URLs, care should be taken when using this
@@ -175,6 +188,11 @@
         url = response.encodeRedirectURL(url);
         log.trace("Redirecting ", this.beans == null ? "" : "(w/flashed bean) ", "to URL: ", url);
 
+        if (permanent) {
+            response.setStatus(HttpServletResponse.SC_MOVED_PERMANENTLY);
+            response.setHeader("Location", url);
+        } else {
-        response.sendRedirect(url);
-    }
-}
+            response.sendRedirect(url);
+        }
+    }
+}