diff --git a/jetty-client/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/client/HttpConnection.java b/jetty-client/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/client/HttpConnection.java
index ac7125f9e08..b2b537fbef4 100644
--- a/jetty-client/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/client/HttpConnection.java
+++ b/jetty-client/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/client/HttpConnection.java
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ public abstract class HttpConnection implements Connection
         }
 
         // If we are HTTP 1.1, add the Host header
-        if (version.getVersion() == 11)
+        if (version.getVersion() <= 11)
         {
             if (!headers.containsKey(HttpHeader.HOST.asString()))
                 headers.put(getHttpDestination().getHostField());
diff --git a/jetty-client/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/client/HttpClientTest.java b/jetty-client/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/client/HttpClientTest.java
index 2320b81256e..c0041a2d652 100644
--- a/jetty-client/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/client/HttpClientTest.java
+++ b/jetty-client/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/client/HttpClientTest.java
@@ -1562,8 +1562,7 @@ public class HttpClientTest extends AbstractHttpClientServerTest
     }
 
     @Test
-    public void testCopyRequest()
-            throws Exception
+    public void testCopyRequest() throws Exception
     {
         startClient();
 
@@ -1610,6 +1609,28 @@ public class HttpClientTest extends AbstractHttpClientServerTest
                 .header("X-Custom-Header-2", "value"));
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void testHostWithHTTP10() throws Exception
+    {
+        start(new AbstractHandler()
+        {
+            @Override
+            public void handle(String target, org.eclipse.jetty.server.Request baseRequest, HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response) throws IOException, ServletException
+            {
+                baseRequest.setHandled(true);
+                Assert.assertThat(request.getHeader("Host"), Matchers.notNullValue());
+            }
+        });
+
+        ContentResponse response = client.newRequest("localhost", connector.getLocalPort())
+                .scheme(scheme)
+                .version(HttpVersion.HTTP_1_0)
+                .timeout(5, TimeUnit.SECONDS)
+                .send();
+
+        Assert.assertEquals(200, response.getStatus());
+    }
+
     private void assertCopyRequest(Request original)
     {
         Request copy = client.copyRequest((HttpRequest) original, original.getURI());