diff --git a/streamhandler/request.go b/streamhandler/request.go
index 40791d06..05c1bab6 100644
--- a/streamhandler/request.go
+++ b/streamhandler/request.go
@@ -45,16 +45,7 @@ func H2RequestHeadersToH1Request(h2 []h2mux.Header, h1 *http.Request) error {
 			// Otherwise the host header will be based on the origin URL
 			h1.Host = header.Value
 		case ":path":
-			u, err := url.Parse(header.Value)
-			if err != nil {
-				return fmt.Errorf("unparseable path")
-			}
-			resolved := h1.URL.ResolveReference(u)
-			// prevent escaping base URL
-			if !strings.HasPrefix(resolved.String(), h1.URL.String()) {
-				return fmt.Errorf("invalid path")
-			}
-			h1.URL = resolved
+			h1.URL.Path = header.Value
 		case "content-length":
 			contentLength, err := strconv.ParseInt(header.Value, 10, 64)
 			if err != nil {
diff --git a/streamhandler/request_test.go b/streamhandler/request_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..68e88282
--- /dev/null
+++ b/streamhandler/request_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+package streamhandler
+
+import (
+	"net/http"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/cloudflare/cloudflared/h2mux"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+)
+
+func TestH2RequestHeadersToH1Request_RegularHeaders(t *testing.T) {
+	request, err := http.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, "http://example.com", nil)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+
+	headersConversionErr := H2RequestHeadersToH1Request(
+		[]h2mux.Header{
+			h2mux.Header{
+				Name:  "Mock header 1",
+				Value: "Mock value 1",
+			},
+			h2mux.Header{
+				Name:  "Mock header 2",
+				Value: "Mock value 2",
+			},
+		},
+		request,
+	)
+
+	assert.Equal(t, http.Header{
+		"Mock header 1": []string{"Mock value 1"},
+		"Mock header 2": []string{"Mock value 2"},
+	}, request.Header)
+
+	assert.NoError(t, headersConversionErr)
+}
+
+func TestH2RequestHeadersToH1Request_NoHeaders(t *testing.T) {
+	request, err := http.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, "http://example.com", nil)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+
+	headersConversionErr := H2RequestHeadersToH1Request(
+		[]h2mux.Header{},
+		request,
+	)
+
+	assert.Equal(t, http.Header{}, request.Header)
+
+	assert.NoError(t, headersConversionErr)
+}
+
+func TestH2RequestHeadersToH1Request_InvalidHostPath(t *testing.T) {
+	request, err := http.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, "http://example.com", nil)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+
+	headersConversionErr := H2RequestHeadersToH1Request(
+		[]h2mux.Header{
+			h2mux.Header{
+				Name:  ":path",
+				Value: "//bad_path/",
+			},
+			h2mux.Header{
+				Name:  "Mock header",
+				Value: "Mock value",
+			},
+		},
+		request,
+	)
+
+	assert.Equal(t, http.Header{
+		"Mock header": []string{"Mock value"},
+	}, request.Header)
+
+	assert.Equal(t, request.URL.String(), "http://example.com//bad_path/")
+
+	assert.NoError(t, headersConversionErr)
+}