diff --git a/jetty-server/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/server/Request.java b/jetty-server/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/server/Request.java
index 55f9b297aa3d..e0929a2a191b 100644
--- a/jetty-server/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/server/Request.java
+++ b/jetty-server/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/server/Request.java
@@ -1286,7 +1286,9 @@ public StringBuffer getRequestURL()
     {
         final StringBuffer url = new StringBuffer(128);
         URIUtil.appendSchemeHostPort(url, getScheme(), getServerName(), getServerPort());
-        url.append(getRequestURI());
+        String path = getRequestURI();
+        if (path != null)
+            url.append(path);
         return url;
     }
 
diff --git a/jetty-server/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/server/RequestTest.java b/jetty-server/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/server/RequestTest.java
index f2b58d9395b9..e9658d62198e 100644
--- a/jetty-server/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/server/RequestTest.java
+++ b/jetty-server/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/server/RequestTest.java
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@
 import org.eclipse.jetty.http.HttpField;
 import org.eclipse.jetty.http.HttpFields;
 import org.eclipse.jetty.http.HttpHeader;
+import org.eclipse.jetty.http.HttpStatus;
 import org.eclipse.jetty.http.HttpTester;
 import org.eclipse.jetty.http.HttpURI;
 import org.eclipse.jetty.http.HttpVersion;
@@ -856,6 +857,52 @@ public void testContentTypeEncoding() throws Exception
         assertEquals(" x=z; ", results.get(i));
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void testConnectRequestURLSameAsHost() throws Exception
+    {
+        final AtomicReference<String> resultRequestURL = new AtomicReference<>();
+        final AtomicReference<String> resultRequestURI = new AtomicReference<>();
+        _handler._checker = (request, response) ->
+        {
+            resultRequestURL.set(request.getRequestURL().toString());
+            resultRequestURI.set(request.getRequestURI());
+            return true;
+        };
+
+        String rawResponse = _connector.getResponse(
+            "CONNECT myhost:9999 HTTP/1.1\n" +
+                "Host: myhost:9999\n" +
+                "Connection: close\n" +
+                "\n");
+        HttpTester.Response response = HttpTester.parseResponse(rawResponse);
+        assertThat(response.getStatus(), is(HttpStatus.OK_200));
+        assertThat("request.getRequestURL", resultRequestURL.get(), is("http://myhost:9999/"));
+        assertThat("request.getRequestURI", resultRequestURI.get(), is("/"));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testConnectRequestURLDifferentThanHost() throws Exception
+    {
+        final AtomicReference<String> resultRequestURL = new AtomicReference<>();
+        final AtomicReference<String> resultRequestURI = new AtomicReference<>();
+        _handler._checker = (request, response) ->
+        {
+            resultRequestURL.set(request.getRequestURL().toString());
+            resultRequestURI.set(request.getRequestURI());
+            return true;
+        };
+
+        String rawResponse = _connector.getResponse(
+            "CONNECT myhost:9999 HTTP/1.1\n" +
+                "Host: otherhost:8888\n" + // per spec, this is ignored if request-target is authority-form
+                "Connection: close\n" +
+                "\n");
+        HttpTester.Response response = HttpTester.parseResponse(rawResponse);
+        assertThat(response.getStatus(), is(HttpStatus.OK_200));
+        assertThat("request.getRequestURL", resultRequestURL.get(), is("http://myhost:9999/"));
+        assertThat("request.getRequestURI", resultRequestURI.get(), is("/"));
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void testHostPort() throws Exception
     {