diff --git a/lib/http-proxy/common.js b/lib/http-proxy/common.js
index 5d10647..9de052e 100644
--- a/lib/http-proxy/common.js
+++ b/lib/http-proxy/common.js
@@ -57,10 +57,14 @@ common.setupOutgoing = function(outgoing, options, req, forward) {
        ) { outgoing.headers.connection = 'close'; }
   }
 
+  
+  // the final path is target path + relative path requested by user:
+  outgoing.path = options.target.path;
+
   //
   // Remark: Can we somehow not use url.parse as a perf optimization?
   //
-  outgoing.path = !options.toProxy
+  outgoing.path += !options.toProxy
     ? url.parse(req.url).path
     : req.url;