diff --git a/googleapiclient/http.py b/googleapiclient/http.py
index 5b5ea159897..719664de1c9 100644
--- a/googleapiclient/http.py
+++ b/googleapiclient/http.py
@@ -1886,4 +1886,11 @@ def build_http():
         http_timeout = socket.getdefaulttimeout()
     else:
         http_timeout = DEFAULT_HTTP_TIMEOUT_SEC
-    return httplib2.Http(timeout=http_timeout)
+    http = httplib2.Http(timeout=http_timeout)
+    # 308's are used by several Google APIs (Drive, YouTube)
+    # for Resumable Uploads rather than Permanent Redirects.
+    # This asks httplib2 to exclude 308s from the status codes
+    # it treats as redirects
+    http.redirect_codes = http.redirect_codes - {308}
+
+    return http
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 643df2ed7cc..617515bd1c0 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 packages = ["apiclient", "googleapiclient", "googleapiclient/discovery_cache"]
 
 install_requires = [
-    "httplib2>=0.9.2,<1dev",
+    "httplib2>=0.17.0,<1dev",
     "google-auth>=1.4.1",
     "google-auth-httplib2>=0.0.3",
     "six>=1.6.1,<2dev",
diff --git a/tests/test_http.py b/tests/test_http.py
index 1b0caa5b707..2bf5060c0fd 100644
--- a/tests/test_http.py
+++ b/tests/test_http.py
@@ -1647,6 +1647,10 @@ def test_build_http_default_timeout_can_be_set_to_zero(self):
         socket.setdefaulttimeout(0)
         http = build_http()
         self.assertEquals(http.timeout, 0)
+    
+    def test_build_http_default_308_is_excluded_as_redirect(self):
+        http = build_http()
+        self.assertTrue(308 not in http.redirect_codes)
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":