diff --git a/streamhandler/request.go b/streamhandler/request.go
index e4bbaaee..40791d06 100644
--- a/streamhandler/request.go
+++ b/streamhandler/request.go
@@ -45,13 +45,16 @@ 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":
-			// Separate the path and the (optional) query from each other
-			chunks := strings.SplitN(header.Value, "?", 2)
-
-			h1.URL.Path = chunks[0]
-			if len(chunks) > 1 {
-				h1.URL.RawQuery = chunks[1]
+			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
 		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
deleted file mode 100644
index 7e51da90..00000000
--- a/streamhandler/request_test.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,104 +0,0 @@
-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, "http://example.com//bad_path/", request.URL.String())
-
-	assert.NoError(t, headersConversionErr)
-}
-
-func TestH2RequestHeadersToH1Request_HostPathWithQuery(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: "/?query",
-			},
-			h2mux.Header{
-				Name:  "Mock header",
-				Value: "Mock value",
-			},
-		},
-		request,
-	)
-
-	assert.Equal(t, http.Header{
-		"Mock header": []string{"Mock value"},
-	}, request.Header)
-
-	assert.Equal(t, "http://example.com/?query", request.URL.String())
-
-	assert.NoError(t, headersConversionErr)
-}