diff --git a/include/wx/sckaddr.h b/include/wx/sckaddr.h
index 8f175f4f45..087b9510d0 100644
--- a/include/wx/sckaddr.h
+++ b/include/wx/sckaddr.h
@@ -64,10 +64,14 @@ public:
   bool AnyAddress();
 
   wxString Hostname();
+  wxString OrigHostname() { return m_origHostname; }
   unsigned short Service();
 
   virtual int Type() { return wxSockAddress::IPV4; }
-  virtual wxSockAddress *Clone() const { return new wxIPV4address(*this); }
+  virtual wxSockAddress *Clone() const;
+
+private:
+  wxString m_origHostname;
 };
 
 #ifdef ENABLE_IPV6
diff --git a/src/common/http.cpp b/src/common/http.cpp
index b98d6c83af..0853234490 100644
--- a/src/common/http.cpp
+++ b/src/common/http.cpp
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ bool wxHTTP::Connect(const wxString& host)
 
   if (!addr->Service(wxT("http")))
     addr->Service(80);
-    
+
   SetHeader(wxT("Host"), host);
 
   return TRUE;
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ bool wxHTTP::Connect(wxSockAddress& addr, bool WXUNUSED(wait))
 
   wxIPV4address *ipv4addr = wxDynamicCast(&addr, wxIPV4address);
   if (ipv4addr)
-      SetHeader(wxT("Host"), ipv4addr->Hostname());
+      SetHeader(wxT("Host"), ipv4addr->OrigHostname());
 
   return TRUE;
 }
diff --git a/src/common/sckaddr.cpp b/src/common/sckaddr.cpp
index 8e638c3537..4fd8ce90ed 100644
--- a/src/common/sckaddr.cpp
+++ b/src/common/sckaddr.cpp
@@ -108,13 +108,18 @@ bool wxIPV4address::Hostname(const wxString& name)
     wxLogWarning( _("Trying to solve a NULL hostname: giving up") );
     return FALSE;
   }
-
+  m_origHostname = name;
   return (GAddress_INET_SetHostName(m_address, name.mb_str()) == GSOCK_NOERROR);
 }
 
 bool wxIPV4address::Hostname(unsigned long addr)
 {
-  return (GAddress_INET_SetHostAddress(m_address, addr) == GSOCK_NOERROR);
+  bool rv = (GAddress_INET_SetHostAddress(m_address, addr) == GSOCK_NOERROR);
+  if (rv)
+      m_origHostname = Hostname();
+  else
+      m_origHostname = "";
+  return rv;
 }
 
 bool wxIPV4address::Service(const wxString& name)
@@ -151,6 +156,13 @@ unsigned short wxIPV4address::Service()
   return GAddress_INET_GetPort(m_address);
 }
 
+wxSockAddress *wxIPV4address::Clone() const
+{
+    wxIPV4address *addr = new wxIPV4address(*this);
+    addr->m_origHostname = m_origHostname;
+    return addr;
+}
+
 #if 0
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // wxIPV6address