diff --git a/fcgi-core/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/fcgi/generator/Flusher.java b/fcgi-core/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/fcgi/generator/Flusher.java
index 8fd8b7252be..ae262d7afaf 100644
--- a/fcgi-core/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/fcgi/generator/Flusher.java
+++ b/fcgi-core/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/fcgi/generator/Flusher.java
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ public class Flusher
     private final Queue<Generator.Result> queue = new ConcurrentArrayQueue<>();
     private final Callback flushCallback = new FlushCallback();
     private final EndPoint endPoint;
-    private boolean flushing;
 
     public Flusher(EndPoint endPoint)
     {
@@ -48,10 +47,9 @@ public class Flusher
         synchronized (queue)
         {
             for (Generator.Result result : results)
+            {
                 queue.offer(result);
-            if (flushing)
-                return;
-            flushing = true;
+            }
         }
         endPoint.write(flushCallback);
     }
@@ -68,27 +66,15 @@ public class Flusher
         @Override
         protected boolean process() throws Exception
         {
-            // We are flushing, we completed a write, notify
-            if (active != null)
-            {
-                active.succeeded();
-                active = null;
-            }
-
             // Look if other writes are needed.
             Generator.Result result;
             synchronized (queue)
             {
                 if (queue.isEmpty())
-                {
-                    // No more writes to do, switch to non-flushing
-                    flushing = false;
                     return false;
-                }
                 // TODO: here is where we want to gather more results to perform gathered writes
                 result = queue.poll();
             }
-
             active = result;
             List<ByteBuffer> buffers = result.getByteBuffers();
             endPoint.write(this, buffers.toArray(new ByteBuffer[buffers.size()]));
@@ -101,18 +87,22 @@ public class Flusher
             // Nothing to do, we always return false from process().
         }
 
+        @Override
+        public void succeeded()
+        {
+            if (active != null)
+                active.succeeded();
+            active = null;
+            super.succeeded();
+        }
+
         @Override
         public void failed(Throwable x)
         {
-            super.failed(x);
-
-            // TODO: set flushing=false ?
-
             if (active != null)
-            {
                 active.failed(x);
-                active = null;
-            }
+            active = null;
+            super.failed(x);
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/fcgi-http-client-transport/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/fcgi/client/http/HttpClientTransportOverFCGI.java b/fcgi-http-client-transport/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/fcgi/client/http/HttpClientTransportOverFCGI.java
index 1a921dcef5d..cbbbee4c506 100644
--- a/fcgi-http-client-transport/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/fcgi/client/http/HttpClientTransportOverFCGI.java
+++ b/fcgi-http-client-transport/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/fcgi/client/http/HttpClientTransportOverFCGI.java
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@
 
 package org.eclipse.jetty.fcgi.client.http;
 
+import java.util.regex.Pattern;
+
 import org.eclipse.jetty.client.AbstractHttpClientTransport;
 import org.eclipse.jetty.client.HttpDestination;
 import org.eclipse.jetty.client.api.Connection;
@@ -26,14 +28,22 @@ import org.eclipse.jetty.io.EndPoint;
 // TODO: add parameter to tell whether use multiplex destinations or not
 public class HttpClientTransportOverFCGI extends AbstractHttpClientTransport
 {
-    public HttpClientTransportOverFCGI()
+    private final Pattern uriPattern;
+
+    public HttpClientTransportOverFCGI(Pattern uriPattern)
     {
-        this(1);
+        this(1, uriPattern);
     }
 
-    public HttpClientTransportOverFCGI(int selectors)
+    public HttpClientTransportOverFCGI(int selectors, Pattern uriPattern)
     {
         super(selectors);
+        this.uriPattern = uriPattern;
+    }
+
+    public Pattern getURIPattern()
+    {
+        return uriPattern;
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/fcgi-http-client-transport/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/fcgi/client/http/HttpSenderOverFCGI.java b/fcgi-http-client-transport/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/fcgi/client/http/HttpSenderOverFCGI.java
index b1a715117c3..3e8fce96a29 100644
--- a/fcgi-http-client-transport/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/fcgi/client/http/HttpSenderOverFCGI.java
+++ b/fcgi-http-client-transport/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/fcgi/client/http/HttpSenderOverFCGI.java
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 package org.eclipse.jetty.fcgi.client.http;
 
 import java.net.URI;
+import java.util.regex.Matcher;
+import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 
 import org.eclipse.jetty.client.HttpChannel;
 import org.eclipse.jetty.client.HttpContent;
@@ -52,11 +54,20 @@ public class HttpSenderOverFCGI extends HttpSender
 
         headers.put(FCGI.Headers.GATEWAY_INTERFACE, "CGI/1.1");
 
+        HttpClientTransportOverFCGI transport = (HttpClientTransportOverFCGI)getHttpChannel().getHttpDestination().getHttpClient().getTransport();
+        Pattern uriPattern = transport.getURIPattern();
+        Matcher matcher = uriPattern.matcher(uri.toString());
+
+        // TODO: what if the URI does not match ? Here is kinda too late to abort the request ?
+        // TODO: perhaps this works in conjuntion with the ProxyServlet, which is mapped to the same URI regexp
+        // TODO: so that if the call arrives here, we are sure it matches.
+
 //        headers.put(Headers.PATH_INFO, ???);
 //        headers.put(Headers.PATH_TRANSLATED, ???);
 
         headers.put(FCGI.Headers.QUERY_STRING, uri.getQuery());
 
+        // TODO: the fields below are probably provided by ProxyServlet as X-Forwarded-*
 //        headers.put(Headers.REMOTE_ADDR, ???);
 //        headers.put(Headers.REMOTE_HOST, ???);
 //        headers.put(Headers.REMOTE_USER, ???);
@@ -70,11 +81,11 @@ public class HttpSenderOverFCGI extends HttpSender
         // TODO: translate remaining HTTP header into the HTTP_* format
 
         int request = getHttpChannel().getRequest();
-        boolean noContent = !content.hasContent();
+        boolean hasContent = content.hasContent();
         Generator.Result result = generator.generateRequestHeaders(request, headers,
-                noContent ? new Callback.Adapter() : callback);
+                hasContent ? callback : new Callback.Adapter());
         getHttpChannel().flush(result);
-        if (noContent)
+        if (!hasContent)
         {
             result = generator.generateRequestContent(request, null, true, callback);
             getHttpChannel().flush(result);