diff --git a/jetty-client/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/client/HttpRequest.java b/jetty-client/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/client/HttpRequest.java
index 408f66f6265..9e488d5cd4b 100644
--- a/jetty-client/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/client/HttpRequest.java
+++ b/jetty-client/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/client/HttpRequest.java
@@ -69,12 +69,12 @@ public class HttpRequest implements Request
     private final AtomicReference<Throwable> aborted = new AtomicReference<>();
     private final HttpClient client;
     private final HttpConversation conversation;
-    private final String host;
-    private final int port;
-    private URI uri;
     private String scheme;
+    private String host;
+    private int port;
     private String path;
     private String query;
+    private URI uri;
     private String method = HttpMethod.GET.asString();
     private HttpVersion version = HttpVersion.HTTP_1_1;
     private long idleTimeout = -1;
@@ -135,12 +135,28 @@ public class HttpRequest implements Request
         return host;
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public Request host(String host)
+    {
+        this.host = host;
+        this.uri = null;
+        return this;
+    }
+
     @Override
     public int getPort()
     {
         return port;
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public Request port(int port)
+    {
+        this.port = port;
+        this.uri = null;
+        return this;
+    }
+
     @Override
     public String getMethod()
     {
diff --git a/jetty-client/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/client/api/Request.java b/jetty-client/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/client/api/Request.java
index d8e29f0c828..a7c9217b44a 100644
--- a/jetty-client/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/client/api/Request.java
+++ b/jetty-client/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/client/api/Request.java
@@ -51,26 +51,39 @@ import org.eclipse.jetty.util.Fields;
 public interface Request
 {
     /**
-     * @return the scheme of this request, such as "http" or "https"
+     * @return the URI scheme of this request, such as "http" or "https"
      */
     String getScheme();
 
     /**
-     * @param scheme the scheme of this request, such as "http" or "https"
+     * @param scheme the URI scheme of this request, such as "http" or "https"
      * @return this request object
      */
     Request scheme(String scheme);
 
     /**
-     * @return the host of this request, such as "127.0.0.1" or "google.com"
+     * @return the URI host of this request, such as "127.0.0.1" or "google.com"
      */
     String getHost();
 
     /**
-     * @return the port of this request such as 80 or 443
+     * @param host the URI host of this request, such as "127.0.0.1" or "google.com"
+     * @return this request object
+     */
+    Request host(String host);
+
+    /**
+     * @return the URI port of this request such as 80 or 443
      */
     int getPort();
 
+    /**
+     *
+     * @param port the URI port of this request such as 80 or 443
+     * @return this request object
+     */
+    Request port(int port);
+
     /**
      * @return the method of this request, such as GET or POST, as a String
      */
@@ -89,26 +102,26 @@ public interface Request
     Request method(String method);
 
     /**
-     * @return the path of this request, such as "/" or "/path" - without the query
+     * @return the URI path of this request, such as "/" or "/path" - without the query
      * @see #getQuery()
      */
     String getPath();
 
     /**
-     * Specifies the path - and possibly the query - of this request.
+     * Specifies the URI path - and possibly the query - of this request.
      * If the query part is specified, parameter values must be properly
      * {@link URLEncoder#encode(String, String) UTF-8 URL encoded}.
      * For example, if the value for parameter "currency" is the euro symbol &euro; then the
      * query string for this parameter must be "currency=%E2%82%AC".
      * For transparent encoding of parameter values, use {@link #param(String, String)}.
      *
-     * @param path the path of this request, such as "/" or "/path?param=1"
+     * @param path the URI path of this request, such as "/" or "/path?param=1"
      * @return this request object
      */
     Request path(String path);
 
     /**
-     * @return the query string of this request such as "param=1"
+     * @return the URI query string of this request such as "param=1"
      * @see #getPath()
      * @see #getParams()
      */
@@ -131,12 +144,12 @@ public interface Request
     Request version(HttpVersion version);
 
     /**
-     * @return the query parameters of this request
+     * @return the URI query parameters of this request
      */
     Fields getParams();
 
     /**
-     * Adds a query parameter with the given name and value.
+     * Adds a URI query parameter with the given name and value.
      * The value is {@link URLEncoder#encode(String, String) UTF-8 URL encoded}.
      *
      * @param name the name of the query parameter
diff --git a/jetty-client/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/client/HttpClientURITest.java b/jetty-client/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/client/HttpClientURITest.java
index d17dd37d66b..277b141c182 100644
--- a/jetty-client/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/client/HttpClientURITest.java
+++ b/jetty-client/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/client/HttpClientURITest.java
@@ -131,6 +131,26 @@ public class HttpClientURITest extends AbstractHttpClientServerTest
         }
     }
 
+    @ParameterizedTest
+    @ArgumentsSource(ScenarioProvider.class)
+    public void testHostPort(Scenario scenario) throws Exception
+    {
+        start(scenario, new EmptyServerHandler());
+
+        Request request = client.newRequest("domain.com", 80)
+            .scheme(scenario.getScheme())
+            .host("localhost")
+            .port(connector.getLocalPort())
+            .timeout(1, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
+
+        assertEquals("localhost", request.getHost());
+        assertEquals(connector.getLocalPort(), request.getPort());
+
+        ContentResponse response = request.send();
+
+        assertEquals(HttpStatus.OK_200, response.getStatus());
+    }
+
     @ParameterizedTest
     @ArgumentsSource(ScenarioProvider.class)
     public void testPath(Scenario scenario) throws Exception