diff --git a/lualib-src/ltls.c b/lualib-src/ltls.c
index efac8bbc..3fd4a0a4 100644
--- a/lualib-src/ltls.c
+++ b/lualib-src/ltls.c
@@ -267,6 +267,15 @@ _ltls_context_write(lua_State* L) {
     return 1;
 }
 
+static int
+_lset_ext_host_name(lua_State* L) {
+    struct tls_context* tls_p = _check_context(L, 1);
+    size_t slen = 0;
+    char* host = (char*)lua_tolstring(L, 2, &slen);
+    int ret = SSL_set_tlsext_host_name(tls_p->ssl, host);
+    lua_pushinteger(L, ret);
+    return 1;
+}
 
 static int
 _lctx_gc(lua_State* L) {
@@ -378,6 +387,7 @@ lnew_tls(lua_State* L) {
             {"handshake", _ltls_context_handshake},
             {"read", _ltls_context_read},
             {"write", _ltls_context_write},
+            {"set_ext_host_name", _lset_ext_host_name},
             {NULL, NULL},
         };
         luaL_newlib(L, l);
diff --git a/lualib/http/httpc.lua b/lualib/http/httpc.lua
index 54595648..e9cb775c 100644
--- a/lualib/http/httpc.lua
+++ b/lualib/http/httpc.lua
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ local function connect(host, timeout)
 		end)
 	end
 	if interface.init then
-		interface.init()
+		interface.init((header and header.Host) or host)
 	end
 	return fd, interface, host
 end
diff --git a/lualib/http/tlshelper.lua b/lualib/http/tlshelper.lua
index 359c423a..a81405ca 100644
--- a/lualib/http/tlshelper.lua
+++ b/lualib/http/tlshelper.lua
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ local tlshelper = {}
 function tlshelper.init_requestfunc(fd, tls_ctx)
     local readfunc = socket.readfunc(fd)
     local writefunc = socket.writefunc(fd)
-    return function ()
+    return function (hostname)
+        tls_ctx:set_ext_host_name(hostname)
         local ds1 = tls_ctx:handshake()
         writefunc(ds1)
         while not tls_ctx:finished() do