diff --git a/src/main/java/reactor/ipc/netty/http/client/HttpClientOptions.java b/src/main/java/reactor/ipc/netty/http/client/HttpClientOptions.java
index a5c0a6bf24..af6b129ce0 100644
--- a/src/main/java/reactor/ipc/netty/http/client/HttpClientOptions.java
+++ b/src/main/java/reactor/ipc/netty/http/client/HttpClientOptions.java
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ final String formatSchemeAndHost(String url, boolean ws) {
 			if (url.startsWith("/")) {
 				SocketAddress remote = getAddress();
 
-				if (remote != null && !useProxy() && remote instanceof InetSocketAddress) {
+				if (remote != null && remote instanceof InetSocketAddress) {
 					InetSocketAddress inet = (InetSocketAddress) remote;
 
 					return scheme + inet.getHostName() + ":" + inet.getPort() + url;
diff --git a/src/test/java/reactor/ipc/netty/http/client/HttpClientOptionsTest.java b/src/test/java/reactor/ipc/netty/http/client/HttpClientOptionsTest.java
index 3b4917f90c..c134b39320 100644
--- a/src/test/java/reactor/ipc/netty/http/client/HttpClientOptionsTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/reactor/ipc/netty/http/client/HttpClientOptionsTest.java
@@ -157,6 +157,17 @@ public void formatSchemeAndHostRelativeAddressSsl() throws Exception {
 		assertThat(test2).isEqualTo("wss://example:8080/foo");
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void formatSchemeAndHostRelativeAndProxy() {
+		String test = this.builder.proxyOptions(proxyOptions)
+				.host("google.com")
+				.port(80)
+				.build()
+				.formatSchemeAndHost("/foo", false);
+
+		assertThat(test).isEqualTo("http://google.com:80/foo");
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	public void formatSchemeAndHostAbsoluteHttp() throws Exception {
 		String test1 = this.builder.build()