diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 81ee351..dc09923 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -223,6 +223,7 @@ proxy_set_header Connection $proxy_connection;
 proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
 proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
 proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $proxy_x_forwarded_proto;
+proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Port $proxy_x_forwarded_port;
 
 # Mitigate httpoxy attack (see README for details)
 proxy_set_header Proxy "";
diff --git a/nginx.tmpl b/nginx.tmpl
index 9eb9520..20688da 100644
--- a/nginx.tmpl
+++ b/nginx.tmpl
@@ -24,6 +24,13 @@ map $http_x_forwarded_proto $proxy_x_forwarded_proto {
   ''      $scheme;
 }
 
+# If we receive X-Forwarded-Port, pass it through; otherwise, pass along the
+# server port the client connected to
+map $http_x_forwarded_port $proxy_x_forwarded_port {
+  default $http_x_forwarded_port;
+  ''      $server_port;
+}
+
 # If we receive Upgrade, set Connection to "upgrade"; otherwise, delete any
 # Connection header that may have been passed to this server
 map $http_upgrade $proxy_connection {
@@ -51,6 +58,7 @@ proxy_set_header Connection $proxy_connection;
 proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
 proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
 proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $proxy_x_forwarded_proto;
+proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Port $proxy_x_forwarded_port;
 
 # Mitigate httpoxy attack (see README for details)
 proxy_set_header Proxy "";
diff --git a/test/docker.bats b/test/docker.bats
index fc10226..0569dcb 100644
--- a/test/docker.bats
+++ b/test/docker.bats
@@ -111,13 +111,13 @@ function assert_nginxproxy_behaves {
 	assert_output -l 0 $'HTTP/1.1 503 Service Temporarily Unavailable\r'
 
 	# Querying the proxy with Host header → 200
-	run curl_container $container /data --header "Host: web1.bats"
+	run curl_container $container /port --header "Host: web1.bats"
 	assert_output "answer from port 81"
 
-	run curl_container $container /data --header "Host: web2.bats"
+	run curl_container $container /port --header "Host: web2.bats"
 	assert_output "answer from port 82"
 
 	# Querying the proxy with unknown Host header → 503
-	run curl_container $container /data --header "Host: webFOO.bats" --head
+	run curl_container $container /port --header "Host: webFOO.bats" --head
 	assert_output -l 0 $'HTTP/1.1 503 Service Temporarily Unavailable\r'
 }
diff --git a/test/headers.bats b/test/headers.bats
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bc401fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/headers.bats
@@ -0,0 +1,139 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bats
+load test_helpers
+SUT_CONTAINER=bats-nginx-proxy-${TEST_FILE}
+
+function setup {
+	# make sure to stop any web container before each test so we don't
+	# have any unexpected container running with VIRTUAL_HOST or VIRUTAL_PORT set
+	stop_bats_containers web
+}
+
+
+@test "[$TEST_FILE] start a nginx-proxy container" {
+	# GIVEN
+	run nginxproxy $SUT_CONTAINER -v /var/run/docker.sock:/tmp/docker.sock:ro
+	assert_success
+	docker_wait_for_log $SUT_CONTAINER 9 "Watching docker events"
+}
+
+@test "[$TEST_FILE] nginx-proxy passes arbitrary header" {
+	# WHEN
+	prepare_web_container bats-host-1 80 -e VIRTUAL_HOST=web.bats
+	dockergen_wait_for_event $SUT_CONTAINER start bats-host-1
+	sleep 1
+
+	# THEN
+	run curl_container $SUT_CONTAINER /headers -H "Foo: Bar" -H "Host: web.bats"
+	assert_output -l 'Foo: Bar'
+}
+
+##### Testing the handling of X-Forwarded-For #####
+
+@test "[$TEST_FILE] nginx-proxy generates X-Forwarded-For" {
+	# WHEN
+	prepare_web_container bats-host-2 80 -e VIRTUAL_HOST=web.bats
+	dockergen_wait_for_event $SUT_CONTAINER start bats-host-2
+	sleep 1
+
+	# THEN
+	run curl_container $SUT_CONTAINER /headers -H "Host: web.bats"
+	assert_output -p 'X-Forwarded-For:'
+}
+
+@test "[$TEST_FILE] nginx-proxy passes X-Forwarded-For" {
+	# WHEN
+	prepare_web_container bats-host-3 80 -e VIRTUAL_HOST=web.bats
+	dockergen_wait_for_event $SUT_CONTAINER start bats-host-3
+	sleep 1
+
+	# THEN
+	run curl_container $SUT_CONTAINER /headers -H "X-Forwarded-For: 1.2.3.4" -H "Host: web.bats"
+	assert_output -p 'X-Forwarded-For: 1.2.3.4, '
+}
+
+##### Testing the handling of X-Forwarded-Proto #####
+
+@test "[$TEST_FILE] nginx-proxy generates X-Forwarded-Proto" {
+	# WHEN
+	prepare_web_container bats-host-4 80 -e VIRTUAL_HOST=web.bats
+	dockergen_wait_for_event $SUT_CONTAINER start bats-host-4
+	sleep 1
+
+	# THEN
+	run curl_container $SUT_CONTAINER /headers -H "Host: web.bats"
+	assert_output -l 'X-Forwarded-Proto: http'
+}
+
+@test "[$TEST_FILE] nginx-proxy passes X-Forwarded-Proto" {
+	# WHEN
+	prepare_web_container bats-host-5 80 -e VIRTUAL_HOST=web.bats
+	dockergen_wait_for_event $SUT_CONTAINER start bats-host-5
+	sleep 1
+
+	# THEN
+	run curl_container $SUT_CONTAINER /headers -H "X-Forwarded-Proto: https" -H "Host: web.bats"
+	assert_output -l 'X-Forwarded-Proto: https'
+}
+
+##### Testing the handling of X-Forwarded-Port #####
+
+@test "[$TEST_FILE] nginx-proxy generates X-Forwarded-Port" {
+	# WHEN
+	prepare_web_container bats-host-6 80 -e VIRTUAL_HOST=web.bats
+	dockergen_wait_for_event $SUT_CONTAINER start bats-host-6
+	sleep 1
+
+	# THEN
+	run curl_container $SUT_CONTAINER /headers -H "Host: web.bats"
+	assert_output -l 'X-Forwarded-Port: 80'
+}
+
+@test "[$TEST_FILE] nginx-proxy passes X-Forwarded-Port" {
+	# WHEN
+	prepare_web_container bats-host-7 80 -e VIRTUAL_HOST=web.bats
+	dockergen_wait_for_event $SUT_CONTAINER start bats-host-7
+	sleep 1
+
+	# THEN
+	run curl_container $SUT_CONTAINER /headers -H "X-Forwarded-Port: 1234" -H "Host: web.bats"
+	assert_output -l 'X-Forwarded-Port: 1234'
+}
+
+##### Other headers
+
+@test "[$TEST_FILE] nginx-proxy generates X-Real-IP" {
+	# WHEN
+	prepare_web_container bats-host-8 80 -e VIRTUAL_HOST=web.bats
+	dockergen_wait_for_event $SUT_CONTAINER start bats-host-8
+	sleep 1
+
+	# THEN
+	run curl_container $SUT_CONTAINER /headers -H "Host: web.bats"
+	assert_output -p 'X-Real-IP: '
+}
+
+@test "[$TEST_FILE] nginx-proxy passes Host" {
+	# WHEN
+	prepare_web_container bats-host-9 80 -e VIRTUAL_HOST=web.bats
+	dockergen_wait_for_event $SUT_CONTAINER start bats-host-9
+	sleep 1
+
+	# THEN
+	run curl_container $SUT_CONTAINER /headers -H "Host: web.bats"
+	assert_output -l 'Host: web.bats'
+}
+
+@test "[$TEST_FILE] nginx-proxy supresses Proxy for httpoxy protection" {
+	# WHEN
+	prepare_web_container bats-host-10 80 -e VIRTUAL_HOST=web.bats
+	dockergen_wait_for_event $SUT_CONTAINER start bats-host-10
+	sleep 1
+
+	# THEN
+	run curl_container $SUT_CONTAINER /headers -H "Proxy: tcp://foo.com" -H "Host: web.bats"
+	refute_output -l 'Proxy: tcp://foo.com'
+}
+
+@test "[$TEST_FILE] stop all bats containers" {
+	stop_bats_containers
+}
diff --git a/test/multiple-hosts.bats b/test/multiple-hosts.bats
index 10487ae..8e14c11 100644
--- a/test/multiple-hosts.bats
+++ b/test/multiple-hosts.bats
@@ -26,15 +26,15 @@ function setup {
 	assert_output -l 0 $'HTTP/1.1 503 Service Temporarily Unavailable\r'
 
 	# THEN querying the proxy with unknown Host header → 503
-	run curl_container $SUT_CONTAINER /data --header "Host: webFOO.bats" --head
+	run curl_container $SUT_CONTAINER /port --header "Host: webFOO.bats" --head
 	assert_output -l 0 $'HTTP/1.1 503 Service Temporarily Unavailable\r'
 
 	# THEN
-	run curl_container $SUT_CONTAINER /data --header 'Host: multiple-hosts-1-A.bats'
+	run curl_container $SUT_CONTAINER /port --header 'Host: multiple-hosts-1-A.bats'
 	assert_output "answer from port 80"
 
 	# THEN
-	run curl_container $SUT_CONTAINER /data --header 'Host: multiple-hosts-1-B.bats'
+	run curl_container $SUT_CONTAINER /port --header 'Host: multiple-hosts-1-B.bats'
 	assert_output "answer from port 80"
 }
 
diff --git a/test/multiple-ports.bats b/test/multiple-ports.bats
index a3c6fd0..f3e670b 100644
--- a/test/multiple-ports.bats
+++ b/test/multiple-ports.bats
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ function setup {
 # $1 port we are expecting an response from
 function assert_response_is_from_port {
 	local -r port=$1
-	run curl_container $SUT_CONTAINER /data --header "Host: web.bats"
+	run curl_container $SUT_CONTAINER /port --header "Host: web.bats"
 	assert_output "answer from port $port"
 }
 
diff --git a/test/test_helpers.bash b/test/test_helpers.bash
index 9b35b3c..0fd9532 100644
--- a/test/test_helpers.bash
+++ b/test/test_helpers.bash
@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@ function prepare_web_container {
 		--name $container_name \
 		$expose_option \
 		-w /var/www/ \
+		-v $DIR/web_helpers:/var/www:ro \
 		$options \
 		-e PYTHON_PORTS="$ports" \
 		python:3 bash -c "
@@ -131,10 +132,7 @@ function prepare_web_container {
 			declare -a PIDS
 			for port in \$PYTHON_PORTS; do
 				echo starting a web server listening on port \$port;
-				mkdir /var/www/\$port
-				cd /var/www/\$port
-				echo \"answer from port \$port\" > data
-				python -m http.server \$port &
+				./webserver.py \$port &
 				PIDS+=(\$!)
 			done
 			wait \${PIDS[@]}
@@ -146,7 +144,7 @@ function prepare_web_container {
 	# THEN querying directly port works
 	IFS=$' \t\n' # See https://github.com/sstephenson/bats/issues/89
 	for port in $ports; do
-		run retry 5 1s docker run --label bats-type="curl" appropriate/curl --silent --fail http://$(docker_ip $container_name):$port/data
+		run retry 5 1s docker run --label bats-type="curl" appropriate/curl --silent --fail http://$(docker_ip $container_name):$port/port
 		assert_output "answer from port $port"
 	done
 }
diff --git a/test/web_helpers/webserver.py b/test/web_helpers/webserver.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..d94ed89
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/web_helpers/webserver.py
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+import os, sys
+import http.server
+import socketserver
+
+class BatsHandler(http.server.SimpleHTTPRequestHandler):
+    def do_GET(self):
+        root = os.getcwd()
+        
+        self.send_response(200)
+        self.send_header("Content-Type", "text/plain")
+        self.end_headers()
+
+        if self.path == "/headers":
+            self.wfile.write(self.headers.as_string().encode())
+        elif self.path == "/port":
+            response = "answer from port %s\n" % PORT
+            self.wfile.write(response.encode())
+        else:
+            self.wfile.write("No route for this path!\n".encode())
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    PORT = int(sys.argv[1])
+    socketserver.TCPServer.allow_reuse_address = True
+    httpd = socketserver.TCPServer(('0.0.0.0', PORT), BatsHandler)
+    httpd.serve_forever()