diff --git a/http.c b/http.c
index 533915d2..d2ba8130 100644
--- a/http.c
+++ b/http.c
@@ -417,6 +417,7 @@ evhttp_response_needs_body(struct evhttp_request *req)
 	return (req->response_code != HTTP_NOCONTENT &&
 		req->response_code != HTTP_NOTMODIFIED &&
 		(req->response_code < 100 || req->response_code >= 200) &&
+		req->type != EVHTTP_REQ_CONNECT &&
 		req->type != EVHTTP_REQ_HEAD);
 }
 
@@ -541,6 +542,9 @@ evhttp_is_connection_close(int flags, struct evkeyvalq* headers)
 static int
 evhttp_is_request_connection_close(struct evhttp_request *req)
 {
+	if (req->type == EVHTTP_REQ_CONNECT)
+		return 0;
+
 	return
 		evhttp_is_connection_close(req->flags, req->input_headers) ||
 		evhttp_is_connection_close(req->flags, req->output_headers);
diff --git a/sample/http-connect.c b/sample/http-connect.c
index af2c86a8..53f816d3 100644
--- a/sample/http-connect.c
+++ b/sample/http-connect.c
@@ -23,15 +23,44 @@ struct connect_base
 	struct evhttp_uri *location;
 };
 
+static struct evhttp_uri* uri_parse(const char *str)
+{
+	struct evhttp_uri *uri;
+	VERIFY(uri = evhttp_uri_parse(str));
+	VERIFY(evhttp_uri_get_host(uri));
+	VERIFY(evhttp_uri_get_port(uri) > 0);
+	return uri;
+}
+static char* uri_path(struct evhttp_uri *uri, char buffer[URL_MAX])
+{
+	struct evhttp_uri *path;
+
+	VERIFY(evhttp_uri_join(uri, buffer, URL_MAX));
+
+	path = evhttp_uri_parse(buffer);
+	evhttp_uri_set_scheme(path, NULL);
+	evhttp_uri_set_userinfo(path, 0);
+	evhttp_uri_set_host(path, NULL);
+	evhttp_uri_set_port(path, -1);
+	VERIFY(evhttp_uri_join(path, buffer, URL_MAX));
+	return buffer;
+}
+static char* uri_hostport(struct evhttp_uri *uri, char buffer[URL_MAX])
+{
+	VERIFY(evhttp_uri_join(uri, buffer, URL_MAX));
+	VERIFY(evhttp_uri_get_host(uri));
+	VERIFY(evhttp_uri_get_port(uri) > 0);
+	evutil_snprintf(buffer, URL_MAX, "%s:%d",
+		evhttp_uri_get_host(uri), evhttp_uri_get_port(uri));
+	return buffer;
+}
+
 static void get_cb(struct evhttp_request *req, void *arg)
 {
 	ev_ssize_t len;
 	struct evbuffer *evbuf;
-	struct evhttp_connection *evcon;
 
 	VERIFY(req);
-	evcon = evhttp_request_get_connection(req);
-	VERIFY(evcon);
 
 	evbuf = evhttp_request_get_input_buffer(req);
 	len = evbuffer_get_length(evbuf);
@@ -41,26 +70,26 @@ static void get_cb(struct evhttp_request *req, void *arg)
 
 static void connect_cb(struct evhttp_request *proxy_req, void *arg)
 {
-	char buffer[URL_MAX];
-
 	struct connect_base *base = arg;
 	struct evhttp_connection *evcon = base->evcon;
 	struct evhttp_uri *location = base->location;
+	struct evhttp_request *req;
+	char buffer[URL_MAX];
 
 	VERIFY(proxy_req);
-	if (evcon) {
-		struct evhttp_request *req = evhttp_request_new(get_cb, NULL);
-		evhttp_add_header(req->output_headers, "Connection", "close");
-		VERIFY(!evhttp_make_request(evcon, req, EVHTTP_REQ_GET,
-			evhttp_uri_join(location, buffer, URL_MAX)));
-	}
+	VERIFY(evcon);
+
+	req = evhttp_request_new(get_cb, NULL);
+	evhttp_add_header(req->output_headers, "Connection", "close");
+	evhttp_add_header(req->output_headers, "Host", evhttp_uri_get_host(location));
+	VERIFY(!evhttp_make_request(evcon, req, EVHTTP_REQ_GET,
+		uri_path(location, buffer)));
 }
 
 int main(int argc, const char **argv)
 {
-	char buffer[URL_MAX];
+	char hostport[URL_MAX];
 
-	struct evhttp_uri *host_port;
 	struct evhttp_uri *location;
 	struct evhttp_uri *proxy;
 
@@ -75,28 +104,8 @@ int main(int argc, const char **argv)
 		return 1;
 	}
 
-	{
-		VERIFY(proxy = evhttp_uri_parse(argv[1]));
-		VERIFY(evhttp_uri_get_host(proxy));
-		VERIFY(evhttp_uri_get_port(proxy) > 0);
-	}
-	{
-		host_port = evhttp_uri_parse(argv[2]);
-		evhttp_uri_set_scheme(host_port, NULL);
-		evhttp_uri_set_userinfo(host_port, NULL);
-		evhttp_uri_set_path(host_port, NULL);
-		evhttp_uri_set_query(host_port, NULL);
-		evhttp_uri_set_fragment(host_port, NULL);
-		VERIFY(evhttp_uri_get_host(host_port));
-		VERIFY(evhttp_uri_get_port(host_port) > 0);
-	}
-	{
-		location = evhttp_uri_parse(argv[2]);
-		evhttp_uri_set_scheme(location, NULL);
-		evhttp_uri_set_userinfo(location, 0);
-		evhttp_uri_set_host(location, NULL);
-		evhttp_uri_set_port(location, -1);
-	}
+	proxy    = uri_parse(argv[1]);
+	location = uri_parse(argv[2]);
 
 	VERIFY(base = event_base_new());
 	VERIFY(evcon = evhttp_connection_base_new(base, NULL,
@@ -105,17 +114,18 @@ int main(int argc, const char **argv)
 	connect_base.location = location;
 	VERIFY(req = evhttp_request_new(connect_cb, &connect_base));
 
+	uri_hostport(location, hostport);
 	evhttp_add_header(req->output_headers, "Connection", "keep-alive");
 	evhttp_add_header(req->output_headers, "Proxy-Connection", "keep-alive");
-	evutil_snprintf(buffer, URL_MAX, "%s:%d",
-		evhttp_uri_get_host(host_port), evhttp_uri_get_port(host_port));
-	evhttp_make_request(evcon, req, EVHTTP_REQ_CONNECT, buffer);
+	evhttp_add_header(req->output_headers, "Host", hostport);
+	evhttp_make_request(evcon, req, EVHTTP_REQ_CONNECT, hostport);
 
 	event_base_dispatch(base);
+
 	evhttp_connection_free(evcon);
 	event_base_free(base);
 	evhttp_uri_free(proxy);
-	evhttp_uri_free(host_port);
 	evhttp_uri_free(location);
+
 	return 0;
 }