diff --git a/packages/express/src/rest.ts b/packages/express/src/rest.ts
index 2976d7fe16..1444be6019 100644
--- a/packages/express/src/rest.ts
+++ b/packages/express/src/rest.ts
@@ -40,11 +40,16 @@ export const serviceMiddleware = (callback: ServiceCallback) =>
       const { query, body: data } = req;
       const { __feathersId: id = null, ...route } = req.params;
       const params = { query, route, ...req.feathers };
+
       const context = await callback(req, res, { id, data, params });
+
       const result = http.getData(context);
+      const statusCode = http.getStatusCode(context, result);
+      const location = http.getLocation(context, req.get('Referrer'));
 
       res.data = result;
-      res.status(http.getStatusCode(context, result));
+      res.status(statusCode);
+      if (location) res.set('Location', location);
 
       next();
     } catch (error: any) {
@@ -66,11 +71,13 @@ export const serviceMethodHandler = (
   }
 
   const args = getArgs(options);
-  const context = createContext(service, method);
+  const contextBase = createContext(service, method);
+  res.hook = contextBase;
 
+  const context = await service[method](...args, contextBase);
   res.hook = context;
 
-  return service[method](...args, context);
+  return context;
 });
 
 export function rest (handler: RequestHandler = formatter) {
diff --git a/packages/feathers/src/declarations.ts b/packages/feathers/src/declarations.ts
index fcd7d8f408..6af035d070 100644
--- a/packages/feathers/src/declarations.ts
+++ b/packages/feathers/src/declarations.ts
@@ -312,6 +312,10 @@ export interface HookContext<A = Application, S = any> extends BaseHookContext<S
    * code that should be returned.
    */
   statusCode?: number;
+  /**
+   * A writeable, optional property that allows to set a redirect location.
+   */
+  redirect?: string;
   /**
    * The event emitted by this method. Can be set to `null` to skip event emitting.
    */
diff --git a/packages/koa/src/rest.ts b/packages/koa/src/rest.ts
index ab5e5df833..80f4ba5e07 100644
--- a/packages/koa/src/rest.ts
+++ b/packages/koa/src/rest.ts
@@ -37,14 +37,19 @@ export function rest () {
         route
       };
       const args = createArguments({ id, data, params });
-      const hookContext = createContext(service, method);
+      const contextBase = createContext(service, method);
+      ctx.hook = contextBase;
 
-      ctx.hook = hookContext as any;
+      const context = await (service as any)[method](...args, contextBase);
+      ctx.hook = context;
 
-      const result = await (service as any)[method](...args, hookContext);
+      const result = http.getData(context);
+      const statusCode = http.getStatusCode(context, result);
+      const location = http.getLocation(context, ctx.get('Referrer'));
 
-      ctx.response.status = http.getStatusCode(result, {});
-      ctx.body = http.getData(result);
+      ctx.body = result;
+      ctx.status = statusCode;
+      if (location) ctx.set('Location', location);
     }
 
     return next();
diff --git a/packages/transport-commons/package.json b/packages/transport-commons/package.json
index 1250625761..9ad3364ba8 100644
--- a/packages/transport-commons/package.json
+++ b/packages/transport-commons/package.json
@@ -55,9 +55,11 @@
     "@feathersjs/commons": "^5.0.0-pre.14",
     "@feathersjs/errors": "^5.0.0-pre.14",
     "@feathersjs/feathers": "^5.0.0-pre.14",
+    "encodeurl": "^1.0.2",
     "lodash": "^4.17.21"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
+    "@types/encodeurl": "^1.0.0",
     "@types/lodash": "^4.14.176",
     "@types/mocha": "^9.0.0",
     "@types/node": "^16.11.6",
diff --git a/packages/transport-commons/src/http.ts b/packages/transport-commons/src/http.ts
index 23ed293ec9..f6bc5238d7 100644
--- a/packages/transport-commons/src/http.ts
+++ b/packages/transport-commons/src/http.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { MethodNotAllowed } from '@feathersjs/errors/lib';
 import { HookContext, NullableId, Params } from '@feathersjs/feathers';
+import encodeUrl from 'encodeurl';
 
 export const METHOD_HEADER = 'x-service-method';
 
@@ -13,7 +14,8 @@ export const statusCodes = {
   created: 201,
   noContent: 204,
   methodNotAllowed: 405,
-  success: 200
+  success: 200,
+  seeOther: 303
 };
 
 export const knownMethods: { [key: string]: string } = {
@@ -68,9 +70,23 @@ export function getStatusCode (context: HookContext, data?: any) {
     return statusCodes.created;
   }
 
+  if (context.redirect) {
+    return statusCodes.seeOther;
+  }
+
   if (!data) {
     return statusCodes.noContent;
   }
 
   return statusCodes.success;
 }
+
+export function getLocation(context: HookContext, referrer?: string) {
+  const redirect = context.redirect;
+
+  if (redirect === 'back') {
+    return encodeUrl(referrer || '/');
+  }
+
+  return redirect && encodeUrl(redirect);
+}