diff --git a/modules/@angular/http/src/backends/xhr_backend.ts b/modules/@angular/http/src/backends/xhr_backend.ts
index 7fedc3def3..df8ba12869 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/http/src/backends/xhr_backend.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/http/src/backends/xhr_backend.ts
@@ -75,9 +75,8 @@ export class XHRConnection implements Connection {
         }
 
         const headers: Headers = Headers.fromResponseHeaderString(_xhr.getAllResponseHeaders());
-
-        const url: string = getResponseURL(_xhr);
-
+        // IE 9 does not provide the way to get URL of response
+        const url = getResponseURL(_xhr) || req.url;
         const statusText: string = _xhr.statusText || 'OK';
 
         let responseOptions = new ResponseOptions({body, status, headers, statusText, url});
diff --git a/modules/@angular/http/test/backends/xhr_backend_spec.ts b/modules/@angular/http/test/backends/xhr_backend_spec.ts
index 988b74a477..c9a4236436 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/http/test/backends/xhr_backend_spec.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/http/test/backends/xhr_backend_spec.ts
@@ -639,6 +639,21 @@ Connection: keep-alive`;
            existingXHRs[0].dispatchEvent('load');
          }));
 
+      it('should return request url if it cannot be retrieved from response',
+         inject([AsyncTestCompleter], (async: AsyncTestCompleter) => {
+           const statusCode = 200;
+           const connection = new XHRConnection(
+               sampleRequest, new MockBrowserXHR(), new ResponseOptions({status: statusCode}));
+
+           connection.response.subscribe((res: Response) => {
+             expect(res.url).toEqual('https://google.com');
+             async.done();
+           });
+
+           existingXHRs[0].setStatusCode(statusCode);
+           existingXHRs[0].dispatchEvent('load');
+         }));
+
       it('should set the status text property from the XMLHttpRequest instance if present',
          inject([AsyncTestCompleter], (async: AsyncTestCompleter) => {
            const statusText = 'test';