diff --git a/http_lib.c b/http_lib.c
index 281837c903..532e78382b 100644
--- a/http_lib.c
+++ b/http_lib.c
@@ -204,22 +204,24 @@ static http_retcode http_query(const char *command, const char *url, const char
       if (proxy)
       {
          sprintf(header,
-               "%s http://%.128s:%d/%.256s HTTP/1.0\015\012User-Agent: %s\015\012%s\015\012",
+               "%s http://%.128s:%d/%.256s HTTP/1.0\015\012User-Agent: %s\015\012Host: %s\015\012%s\015\012",
                command,
                http_server,
                http_port,
                url,
                http_user_agent,
+               http_server,
                additional_header
                );
       }
       else
       {
          sprintf(header,
-               "%s /%.256s HTTP/1.0\015\012User-Agent: %s\015\012%s\015\012",
+               "%s /%.256s HTTP/1.0\015\012User-Agent: %s\015\012Host: %s\015\012%s\015\012",
                command,
                url,
                http_user_agent,
+               http_server,
                additional_header
                );
       }
diff --git a/http_test.c b/http_test.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8dfd8cdb51
--- /dev/null
+++ b/http_test.c
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include "http_lib.h"
+
+int main()
+{
+	char url[]="http://unicodesnowmanforyou.com/";
+	char* urlfilename=NULL;
+	http_parse_url(url, &urlfilename);
+	char * out;
+	http_retcode status=http_get(urlfilename, &out, NULL, NULL);
+	if (status<0) printf("%i - failure...\n", status);
+	else printf("%i - success - %s\n", status, out);
+}