diff --git a/streamhandler/request.go b/streamhandler/request.go
index 44b5d86a..40791d06 100644
--- a/streamhandler/request.go
+++ b/streamhandler/request.go
@@ -45,11 +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":
-			// We can't just set `URL.Path`, because there's no way to ask the library to *not* escape it,
-			// causing https://github.com/cloudflare/cloudflared/issues/124.
-			// The only way to bypass the URL escape seems to currently be `URL.Opaque`.
-			// See https://github.com/golang/go/issues/5777
-			h1.URL.Opaque = fmt.Sprintf("//%v%v", h1.URL.Host, header.Value)
+			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 d88b07dd..00000000
--- a/streamhandler/request_test.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,192 +0,0 @@
-package streamhandler
-
-import (
-	"fmt"
-	"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=mock%20value",
-			},
-			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=mock%20value", request.URL.String())
-
-	assert.NoError(t, headersConversionErr)
-}
-
-func TestH2RequestHeadersToH1Request_HostPathWithURLEncoding(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: "/mock%20path",
-			},
-			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/mock%20path", request.URL.String())
-
-	assert.NoError(t, headersConversionErr)
-}
-
-func TestH2RequestHeadersToH1Request_WeirdURLs(t *testing.T) {
-	expectedPaths := []string{
-		"",
-		"/",
-		"//",
-		"/%20",
-		"/ ",
-		"/ a ",
-		"/a%20b",
-		"/foo/bar;param?query#frag",
-		"/a␠b",
-		"/a-umlaut-ä",
-		"/a-umlaut-%C3%A4",
-		"/a-umlaut-%c3%a4",
-		"/a#b#c",
-		"/a#b␠c",
-		"/a#b%20c",
-		"/a#b c",
-		"/\\",
-		"/a\\",
-		"/a\\b",
-		"/a,b.c.",
-		"/.",
-		"/a`",
-		"/a[0]",
-		"/?a[0]=5 &b[]=",
-		"/?a=%22b%20%22",
-	}
-
-	for index, expectedPath := range expectedPaths {
-		requestURL := "https://example.com"
-		expectedURL := fmt.Sprintf("https://example.com%v", expectedPath)
-
-		request, err := http.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, requestURL, nil)
-		assert.NoError(t, err)
-
-		headersConversionErr := H2RequestHeadersToH1Request(
-			[]h2mux.Header{
-				h2mux.Header{
-					Name:  ":path",
-					Value: expectedPath,
-				},
-				h2mux.Header{
-					Name:  "Mock header",
-					Value: "Mock value",
-				},
-			},
-			request,
-		)
-
-		assert.Equal(t, http.Header{
-			"Mock header": []string{"Mock value"},
-		}, request.Header)
-
-		assert.Equal(t, expectedURL, request.URL.String(), fmt.Sprintf("Failed URL index: %v", index))
-
-		assert.NoError(t, headersConversionErr)
-	}
-}