diff --git a/forward/fwd.go b/forward/fwd.go
index b020dfb5..3f09c1db 100644
--- a/forward/fwd.go
+++ b/forward/fwd.go
@@ -228,14 +228,35 @@ func (f *Forwarder) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
 	}
 }
 
+func (f *httpForwarder) getUrlFromRequest(req *http.Request) *url.URL {
+	// If the Request was created by Go via a real HTTP request,  RequestURI will
+	// contain the original query string. If the Request was created in code, RequestURI
+	// will be empty, and we will use the URL object instead
+	u := req.URL
+	if req.RequestURI != "" {
+		parsedURL, err := url.ParseRequestURI(req.RequestURI)
+		if err == nil {
+			u = parsedURL
+		} else {
+			f.log.Warnf("vulcand/oxy/forward: error when parsing RequestURI: %s", err)
+		}
+	}
+	return u
+}
+
 // Modify the request to handle the target URL
 func (f *httpForwarder) modifyRequest(outReq *http.Request, target *url.URL) {
 	outReq.URL = utils.CopyURL(outReq.URL)
 	outReq.URL.Scheme = target.Scheme
 	outReq.URL.Host = target.Host
-	outReq.URL.Opaque = outReq.RequestURI
-	// raw query is already included in RequestURI, so ignore it to avoid dupes
-	outReq.URL.RawQuery = ""
+
+	u := f.getUrlFromRequest(outReq)
+
+	outReq.URL.Path = u.Path
+	outReq.URL.RawPath = u.RawPath
+	outReq.URL.RawQuery = u.RawQuery
+	outReq.RequestURI = "" // Outgoing request should not have RequestURI
+
 	// Do not pass client Host header unless optsetter PassHostHeader is set.
 	if !f.passHost {
 		outReq.Host = target.Host
@@ -352,14 +373,12 @@ func (f *httpForwarder) copyWebSocketRequest(req *http.Request) (outReq *http.Re
 		outReq.URL.Scheme = "ws"
 	}
 
-	if requestURI, err := url.ParseRequestURI(outReq.RequestURI); err == nil {
-		if requestURI.RawPath != "" {
-			outReq.URL.Path = requestURI.RawPath
-		} else {
-			outReq.URL.Path = requestURI.Path
-		}
-		outReq.URL.RawQuery = requestURI.RawQuery
-	}
+	u := f.getUrlFromRequest(outReq)
+
+	outReq.URL.Path = u.Path
+	outReq.URL.RawPath = u.RawPath
+	outReq.URL.RawQuery = u.RawQuery
+	outReq.RequestURI = "" // Outgoing request should not have RequestURI
 
 	outReq.URL.Host = req.URL.Host
 
diff --git a/forward/fwd_test.go b/forward/fwd_test.go
index 5a02baf8..dc3cbe2a 100644
--- a/forward/fwd_test.go
+++ b/forward/fwd_test.go
@@ -223,10 +223,10 @@ func (s *FwdSuite) TestCustomLogger(c *C) {
 	c.Assert(re.StatusCode, Equals, http.StatusOK)
 }
 
-func (s *FwdSuite) TestEscapedURL(c *C) {
-	var outURL string
+func (s *FwdSuite) TestRouteForwarding(c *C) {
+	var outPath string
 	srv := testutils.NewHandler(func(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
-		outURL = req.RequestURI
+		outPath = req.RequestURI
 		w.Write([]byte("hello"))
 	})
 	defer srv.Close()
@@ -240,16 +240,32 @@ func (s *FwdSuite) TestEscapedURL(c *C) {
 	})
 	defer proxy.Close()
 
-	path := "/log/http%3A%2F%2Fwww.site.com%2Fsomething?a=b"
+	tests := []struct {
+		Path  string
+		Query string
+
+		ExpectedPath string
+	}{
+		{"/hello", "", "/hello"},
+		{"//hello", "", "//hello"},
+		{"///hello", "", "///hello"},
+		{"/hello", "abc=def&def=123", "/hello?abc=def&def=123"},
+		{"/log/http%3A%2F%2Fwww.site.com%2Fsomething?a=b", "", "/log/http%3A%2F%2Fwww.site.com%2Fsomething?a=b"},
+	}
 
-	request, err := http.NewRequest("GET", proxy.URL, nil)
-	parsed := testutils.ParseURI(proxy.URL)
-	parsed.Opaque = path
-	request.URL = parsed
-	re, err := http.DefaultClient.Do(request)
-	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
-	c.Assert(re.StatusCode, Equals, http.StatusOK)
-	c.Assert(outURL, Equals, path)
+	for _, test := range tests {
+		proxyURL := proxy.URL + test.Path
+		if test.Query != "" {
+			proxyURL = proxyURL + "?" + test.Query
+		}
+		request, err := http.NewRequest("GET", proxyURL, nil)
+		c.Assert(err, IsNil)
+
+		re, err := http.DefaultClient.Do(request)
+		c.Assert(err, IsNil)
+		c.Assert(re.StatusCode, Equals, http.StatusOK)
+		c.Assert(outPath, Equals, test.ExpectedPath)
+	}
 }
 
 func (s *FwdSuite) TestForwardedProto(c *C) {
diff --git a/forward/fwd_websocket_test.go b/forward/fwd_websocket_test.go
index 53ca8a96..4cc854f5 100644
--- a/forward/fwd_websocket_test.go
+++ b/forward/fwd_websocket_test.go
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ func (s *FwdSuite) TestWebSocketRequestWithEncodedChar(c *C) {
 			return
 		}
 		defer conn.Close()
-		c.Assert(r.URL.Path, Equals, "/%3A%2F%2F")
+		c.Assert(r.URL.EscapedPath(), Equals, "/%3A%2F%2F")
 		for {
 			mt, message, err := conn.ReadMessage()
 			if err != nil {