3 files changed, 20 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/lib/inets/src/http_client/httpc.erl b/lib/inets/src/http_client/httpc.erl
index bd5f6df39e..418b6247b0 100644
--- a/lib/inets/src/http_client/httpc.erl
+++ b/lib/inets/src/http_client/httpc.erl
@@ -524,7 +524,7 @@ handle_request(Method, Url,
 	    Options       = request_options(Options0), 
 	    Sync          = proplists:get_value(sync,   Options),
 	    Stream        = proplists:get_value(stream, Options),
-	    Host2         = header_host(Scheme, Host, Port), 
+	    Host2         = http_request:normalize_host(Scheme, Host, Port),
 	    HeadersRecord = header_record(NewHeaders, Host2, HTTPOptions),
 	    Receiver      = proplists:get_value(receiver, Options),
 	    SocketOpts    = proplists:get_value(socket_opts, Options),
@@ -1035,14 +1035,6 @@ bad_option(Option, BadValue) ->
     throw({error, {bad_option, Option, BadValue}}).
 
 
-header_host(https, Host, 443 = _Port) ->
-    Host;
-header_host(http, Host, 80 = _Port) ->
-    Host;
-header_host(_Scheme, Host, Port) ->
-    Host ++ ":" ++ integer_to_list(Port).
-
-
 header_record(NewHeaders, Host, #http_options{version = Version}) ->
     header_record(NewHeaders, #http_request_h{}, Host, Version).
 
diff --git a/lib/inets/src/http_client/httpc_response.erl b/lib/inets/src/http_client/httpc_response.erl
index 0fd5faa466..5fbceb8ad0 100644
--- a/lib/inets/src/http_client/httpc_response.erl
+++ b/lib/inets/src/http_client/httpc_response.erl
@@ -362,8 +362,9 @@ redirect(Response = {StatusLine, Headers, Body}, Request) ->
 		    {ok, error(Request, Reason), Data};
 		%% Automatic redirection
 		{ok, {Scheme, _, Host, Port, Path,  Query}} -> 
+		    HostPort = http_request:normalize_host(Scheme, Host, Port),
 		    NewHeaders = 
-			(Request#request.headers)#http_request_h{host = Host++":"++integer_to_list(Port)},
+			(Request#request.headers)#http_request_h{host = HostPort},
 		    NewRequest = 
 			Request#request{redircount = 
 					Request#request.redircount+1,
diff --git a/lib/inets/src/http_lib/http_request.erl b/lib/inets/src/http_lib/http_request.erl
index c77b616f0d..4c50edb5ef 100644
--- a/lib/inets/src/http_lib/http_request.erl
+++ b/lib/inets/src/http_lib/http_request.erl
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 
 -include("http_internal.hrl").
 
--export([headers/2, http_headers/1, is_absolut_uri/1, key_value/1]).
+-export([headers/2, http_headers/1, is_absolut_uri/1, key_value/1, normalize_host/3]).
 
 
 key_value(KeyValueStr) ->
@@ -85,6 +85,22 @@ is_absolut_uri("https://" ++ _) ->
 is_absolut_uri(_) ->
     false.
 
+%%-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+%% normalize_host(Scheme, Host, Port) -> string()
+%%   Scheme - http | https
+%%   Host - string()
+%%   Port - integer()
+%%
+%% Description: returns a normalized Host header value, with the port
+%% number omitted for well-known ports
+%%-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+normalize_host(https, Host, 443 = _Port) ->
+    Host;
+normalize_host(http, Host, 80 = _Port) ->
+    Host;
+normalize_host(_Scheme, Host, Port) ->
+    Host ++ ":" ++ integer_to_list(Port).
+
 %%%========================================================================
 %%% Internal functions
 %%%========================================================================