diff --git a/logger.go b/logger.go
index 9252d56..bf4e9fc 100644
--- a/logger.go
+++ b/logger.go
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import (
 const dwnReqRemoteAddr = "dwnReqRemoteAddr"
 const dwnReqPort = "dwnReqPort"
 const dwnReqPath = "dwnReqPath"
+const dwnReqHost = "dwnReqHost"
 const dwnReqMethod = "dwnReqMethod"
 const dwnReqUserAgent = "dwnReqUserAgent"
 const dwnReqHttpVer = "dwnReqHttpVer"
diff --git a/proxy.go b/proxy.go
index d1e966b..e008c50 100644
--- a/proxy.go
+++ b/proxy.go
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/lestrrat-go/jwx/jws"
 	"github.com/lestrrat-go/jwx/jwt"
 	"github.com/rs/zerolog"
+	"golang.org/x/net/idna"
 	"io"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"net/http"
@@ -229,6 +230,7 @@ type Down struct {
 	Req            *http.Request
 	Resp           Resp
 	Method         string
+	Host           string
 	Path           string
 	URI            string
 	UserAgent      string
@@ -366,6 +368,7 @@ func (proxy *Proxy) parseIncoming(request *http.Request) *Proxy {
 	if !Runner.DisableXRequestInfo {
 		proxy.XRequestInfo = parseXRequestInfo(request)
 	}
+	proxy.Dwn.Host = parseHost(request)
 	proxy.Dwn.Path = request.URL.EscapedPath()
 	proxy.Dwn.URI = request.URL.RequestURI()
 	proxy.Dwn.AcceptEncoding = parseAcceptEncoding(request)
@@ -518,6 +521,15 @@ func infoOrDebugEv(proxy *Proxy) *zerolog.Event {
 	return ev
 }
 
+const colon = ":"
+
+func parseHost(request *http.Request) string {
+	//ignore conversion errors
+	al := strings.Split(request.Host, colon)[0]
+	al2, _ := idna.ToASCII(al)
+	return al2
+}
+
 func parseMethod(request *http.Request) string {
 	return strings.ToUpper(request.Method)
 }
diff --git a/proxy_test.go b/proxy_test.go
index 2c95fc1..7d38fd9 100644
--- a/proxy_test.go
+++ b/proxy_test.go
@@ -463,6 +463,30 @@ func TestParseRequestBody(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestParseHost(t *testing.T) {
+	var tests = []struct {
+		name string
+		url  string
+		host string
+	}{
+		{name: "simple", url: "http://host/path", host: "host"},
+		{name: "simple with port", url: "http://host:8080/path", host: "host"},
+		{name: "fqdn with port", url: "http://sub.host.com:8080/path", host: "sub.host.com"},
+		{name: "idna simple", url: "http://aaa😀😀😀:8080/path", host: "xn--aaa-th33baa"},
+		{name: "idna fqdn", url: "http://aaa😀😀😀.com:8080/path", host: "xn--aaa-th33baa.com"},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", tt.url, nil)
+			got := parseHost(req)
+			if got != tt.host {
+				t.Errorf("url %v, want host %v, got %v", tt.url, tt.host, got)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
 func TestParseRequestBodyTooLarge(t *testing.T) {
 	Runner = mockRuntime()
 	Runner.Connection.Downstream.MaxBodyBytes = 65535
diff --git a/proxyhandler.go b/proxyhandler.go
index 2f91d23..cc56757 100644
--- a/proxyhandler.go
+++ b/proxyhandler.go
@@ -460,6 +460,7 @@ func logHandledDownstreamRoundtrip(proxy *Proxy) {
 
 	ev = ev.Str(dwnReqListnr, proxy.Dwn.Listener).
 		Str(dwnReqPort, fmt.Sprintf(pdS, proxy.Dwn.Port)).
+		Str(dwnReqHost, proxy.Dwn.Host).
 		Str(dwnReqPath, proxy.Dwn.Path).
 		Str(dwnReqRemoteAddr, ipr.extractAddr(proxy.Dwn.Req.RemoteAddr)).
 		Str(dwnReqMethod, proxy.Dwn.Method).