diff --git a/lib/proto.js b/lib/proto.js
index e0358b20f..803fbb02f 100644
--- a/lib/proto.js
+++ b/lib/proto.js
@@ -108,8 +108,6 @@ app.handle = function(req, res, out) {
     , slashAdded = false
     , index = 0;
 
-  req.url = req.url.substr(protohost.length);
-
   function next(err) {
     var layer, path, c;
 
@@ -118,7 +116,7 @@ app.handle = function(req, res, out) {
       slashAdded = false;
     }
 
-    req.url = protohost + removed + req.url;
+    req.url = removed + req.url;
     req.originalUrl = req.originalUrl || req.url;
     removed = '';
 
diff --git a/test/mounting.js b/test/mounting.js
index a0a8530b3..6c16303a0 100644
--- a/test/mounting.js
+++ b/test/mounting.js
@@ -73,6 +73,22 @@ describe('app.use()', function(){
       .expect('http://example.com/post/1', done);
     })
 
+    it('should adjust FQDN req.url with multiple handlers', function(done){
+      var app = connect();
+
+      app.use(function(req,res,next) {
+        next();
+      });
+
+      app.use('/blog', function(req, res){
+        res.end(req.url);
+      });
+
+      app.request()
+      .get('http://example.com/blog/post/1')
+      .expect('http://example.com/post/1', done);
+    })
+
     it('should strip trailing slash', function(done){
       var blog = connect();