diff --git a/lib/oauth.js b/lib/oauth.js
index 7630451..958139c 100644
--- a/lib/oauth.js
+++ b/lib/oauth.js
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ exports.OAuth.prototype._performSecureRequest= function( oauth_token, oauth_toke
         data+=chunk;
       });
       response.on('end', function () {
-        if( response.statusCode != 200 ) {
+        if (!( response.statusCode >= 200 && response.statusCode <= 299 )) {
           // Follow 302 redirects with Location HTTP header
           if(response.statusCode == 302 && response.headers && response.headers.location) {
             self._performSecureRequest( oauth_token, oauth_token_secret, method, response.headers.location, extra_params, post_body, post_content_type,  callback);