diff --git a/include/functions.php b/include/functions.php
index 621357ea6..0148d069d 100644
--- a/include/functions.php
+++ b/include/functions.php
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@
 
 		if (!defined('NO_CURL') && function_exists('curl_init') && !ini_get("open_basedir")) {
 
-			if (ini_get("safe_mode")) {
+			if (ini_get("safe_mode") || ini_get("open_basedir")) {
 				$ch = curl_init(geturl($url));
 			} else {
 				$ch = curl_init($url);
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@
 
 			curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT, $timeout ? $timeout : FILE_FETCH_CONNECT_TIMEOUT);
 			curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, $timeout ? $timeout : FILE_FETCH_TIMEOUT);
-			curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, !ini_get("safe_mode"));
+			curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, !ini_get("safe_mode") && !ini_get("open_basedir"));
 			curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS, 20);
 			curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_BINARYTRANSFER, true);
 			curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
diff --git a/plugins/af_unburn/init.php b/plugins/af_unburn/init.php
index 9f0b6cb0d..f3cc1eefa 100644
--- a/plugins/af_unburn/init.php
+++ b/plugins/af_unburn/init.php
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ class Af_Unburn extends Plugin {
 
 			if (strpos($article["plugin_data"], "unburn,$owner_uid:") === FALSE) {
 
-				if (ini_get("safe_mode")) {
+				if (ini_get("safe_mode") || ini_get("open_basedir")) {
 					$ch = curl_init(geturl($article["link"]));
 				} else {
 					$ch = curl_init($article["link"]);
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ class Af_Unburn extends Plugin {
 				curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, 5);
 				curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
 				curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HEADER, true);
-				curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, !ini_get("safe_mode"));
+				curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, !ini_get("safe_mode") && !ini_get("open_basedir"));
 				curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_USERAGENT, SELF_USER_AGENT);
 
 				$contents = @curl_exec($ch);