diff --git a/swift/common/bufferedhttp.py b/swift/common/bufferedhttp.py
index fd1ef25bd0..7f6f4a9f49 100644
--- a/swift/common/bufferedhttp.py
+++ b/swift/common/bufferedhttp.py
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ def http_connect(ipaddr, port, device, partition, method, path,
     if query_string:
         path += '?' + query_string
     conn.path = path
-    conn.putrequest(method, path)
+    conn.putrequest(method, path, skip_host=(headers and 'Host' in headers))
     if headers:
         for header, value in headers.iteritems():
             conn.putheader(header, str(value))
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ def http_connect_raw(ipaddr, port, method, path, headers=None,
     if query_string:
         path += '?' + query_string
     conn.path = path
-    conn.putrequest(method, path)
+    conn.putrequest(method, path, skip_host=(headers and 'Host' in headers))
     if headers:
         for header, value in headers.iteritems():
             conn.putheader(header, str(value))
diff --git a/test/unit/common/test_bufferedhttp.py b/test/unit/common/test_bufferedhttp.py
index ba58b374eb..ba0ab0e3a9 100644
--- a/test/unit/common/test_bufferedhttp.py
+++ b/test/unit/common/test_bufferedhttp.py
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ class TestBufferedHTTP(unittest.TestCase):
             def __init__(self, hostport):
                 pass
 
-            def putrequest(self, method, path):
+            def putrequest(self, method, path, skip_host=0):
                 pass
 
             def putheader(self, header, *values):