diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index c9065c1e..8a0f3edf 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Version 2.00.0 (2012-06-30 12:10:58) dev
+Version 2.00.0 (2012-07-01 22:43:58) dev
diff --git a/gluon/rewrite.py b/gluon/rewrite.py
index dda710c8..157d37fc 100644
--- a/gluon/rewrite.py
+++ b/gluon/rewrite.py
@@ -337,6 +337,7 @@ def load(routes='routes.py', app=None, data=None, rdict=None):
 
 regex_at = re.compile(r'(?<!\\)\$[a-zA-Z]\w*')
 regex_anything = re.compile(r'(?<!\\)\$anything')
+regex_redirect = re.compile(r'(\d+)->(.*)')
 
 def compile_regex(k, v):
     """
@@ -513,6 +514,9 @@ def regex_filter_in(e):
     e['WEB2PY_ORIGINAL_URI'] = e['PATH_INFO'] + (query and ('?' + query) or '')
     if thread.routes.routes_in:
         path = regex_uri(e, thread.routes.routes_in, "routes_in", e['PATH_INFO'])
+        rmatch = regex_redirect.match(path)
+        if rmatch:
+            raise HTTP(int(rmatch.group(1)),location=rmatch.group(2))
         items = path.split('?', 1)
         e['PATH_INFO'] = items[0]
         if len(items) > 1: