diff --git a/examples/http/reverse-proxy.js b/examples/http/reverse-proxy.js
index 1e80d4e93fbb7e6e0f29bebde698cd006fec4aa2..11aed33758e741368efeaf23792ff5f10b385520 100644
--- a/examples/http/reverse-proxy.js
+++ b/examples/http/reverse-proxy.js
@@ -32,7 +32,8 @@ var proxy = httpProxy.createServer();
 var server = http.createServer(function (req, res) {
   util.puts('Receiving reverse proxy request for:' + req.url);
 
-  proxy.web(req, res, {target: req.url, secure: false});
+  var destinationServer="http://"+req.headers.host;
+  proxy.web(req, res, {target: destinationServer, secure: false});
 }).listen(8213);
 
 server.on('connect', function (req, socket) {