diff --git a/nginx/modsecurity/ngx_http_modsecurity.c b/nginx/modsecurity/ngx_http_modsecurity.c
index ef4b55f0..2f99ab4b 100644
--- a/nginx/modsecurity/ngx_http_modsecurity.c
+++ b/nginx/modsecurity/ngx_http_modsecurity.c
@@ -363,9 +363,12 @@ ngx_http_modsecurity_load_request(ngx_http_request_t *r)
     /*      &r->headers_in.user);                           */
     req->parsed_uri.fragment = (char *)ngx_pstrdup0(r->pool, &r->exten);
 
-    req->hostname = (char *)ngx_pstrdup0(r->pool,
+    if (&r->headers_in != NULL && &r->headers_in.server != NULL) {
+        req->hostname = (char *)ngx_pstrdup0(r->pool, &r->headers_in.server);
+    } else {
+        req->hostname = (char *)ngx_pstrdup0(r->pool,
             (ngx_str_t *)&ngx_cycle->hostname);
-
+    }
 
     if (r->header_only) {
         req->header_only = r->header_only;