diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 00dc6204..dbec2b12 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
 
 ## Changes since v6.1.0
 
+- [#729](https://github.com/oauth2-proxy/oauth2-proxy/pull/729) Use X-Forwarded-Host consistently when set (@NickMeves)
+
 # v6.1.0
 
 ## Release Highlights
diff --git a/oauthproxy.go b/oauthproxy.go
index 5bfb7631..f4d3c496 100644
--- a/oauthproxy.go
+++ b/oauthproxy.go
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/oauth2-proxy/oauth2-proxy/pkg/middleware"
 	"github.com/oauth2-proxy/oauth2-proxy/pkg/sessions"
 	"github.com/oauth2-proxy/oauth2-proxy/pkg/upstream"
+	"github.com/oauth2-proxy/oauth2-proxy/pkg/util"
 	"github.com/oauth2-proxy/oauth2-proxy/providers"
 )
 
@@ -332,7 +333,7 @@ func (p *OAuthProxy) makeCookie(req *http.Request, name string, value string, ex
 	cookieDomain := cookies.GetCookieDomain(req, p.CookieDomains)
 
 	if cookieDomain != "" {
-		domain := cookies.GetRequestHost(req)
+		domain := util.GetRequestHost(req)
 		if h, _, err := net.SplitHostPort(domain); err == nil {
 			domain = h
 		}
@@ -747,7 +748,7 @@ func (p *OAuthProxy) OAuthStart(rw http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
 		p.ErrorPage(rw, http.StatusInternalServerError, "Internal Server Error", err.Error())
 		return
 	}
-	redirectURI := p.GetRedirectURI(req.Host)
+	redirectURI := p.GetRedirectURI(util.GetRequestHost(req))
 	http.Redirect(rw, req, p.provider.GetLoginURL(redirectURI, fmt.Sprintf("%v:%v", nonce, redirect)), http.StatusFound)
 }
 
@@ -770,7 +771,7 @@ func (p *OAuthProxy) OAuthCallback(rw http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
 		return
 	}
 
-	session, err := p.redeemCode(req.Context(), req.Host, req.Form.Get("code"))
+	session, err := p.redeemCode(req.Context(), util.GetRequestHost(req), req.Form.Get("code"))
 	if err != nil {
 		logger.Errorf("Error redeeming code during OAuth2 callback: %v", err)
 		p.ErrorPage(rw, http.StatusInternalServerError, "Internal Server Error", "Internal Error")
diff --git a/pkg/cookies/cookies.go b/pkg/cookies/cookies.go
index 6967db9f..0d499639 100644
--- a/pkg/cookies/cookies.go
+++ b/pkg/cookies/cookies.go
@@ -9,13 +9,14 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/oauth2-proxy/oauth2-proxy/pkg/apis/options"
 	"github.com/oauth2-proxy/oauth2-proxy/pkg/logger"
+	"github.com/oauth2-proxy/oauth2-proxy/pkg/util"
 )
 
 // MakeCookie constructs a cookie from the given parameters,
 // discovering the domain from the request if not specified.
 func MakeCookie(req *http.Request, name string, value string, path string, domain string, httpOnly bool, secure bool, expiration time.Duration, now time.Time, sameSite http.SameSite) *http.Cookie {
 	if domain != "" {
-		host := req.Host
+		host := util.GetRequestHost(req)
 		if h, _, err := net.SplitHostPort(host); err == nil {
 			host = h
 		}
@@ -47,7 +48,7 @@ func MakeCookieFromOptions(req *http.Request, name string, value string, cookieO
 	// If nothing matches, create the cookie with the shortest domain
 	defaultDomain := ""
 	if len(cookieOpts.Domains) > 0 {
-		logger.Errorf("Warning: request host %q did not match any of the specific cookie domains of %q", GetRequestHost(req), strings.Join(cookieOpts.Domains, ","))
+		logger.Errorf("Warning: request host %q did not match any of the specific cookie domains of %q", util.GetRequestHost(req), strings.Join(cookieOpts.Domains, ","))
 		defaultDomain = cookieOpts.Domains[len(cookieOpts.Domains)-1]
 	}
 	return MakeCookie(req, name, value, cookieOpts.Path, defaultDomain, cookieOpts.HTTPOnly, cookieOpts.Secure, expiration, now, ParseSameSite(cookieOpts.SameSite))
@@ -56,7 +57,7 @@ func MakeCookieFromOptions(req *http.Request, name string, value string, cookieO
 // GetCookieDomain returns the correct cookie domain given a list of domains
 // by checking the X-Fowarded-Host and host header of an an http request
 func GetCookieDomain(req *http.Request, cookieDomains []string) string {
-	host := GetRequestHost(req)
+	host := util.GetRequestHost(req)
 	for _, domain := range cookieDomains {
 		if strings.HasSuffix(host, domain) {
 			return domain
@@ -65,15 +66,6 @@ func GetCookieDomain(req *http.Request, cookieDomains []string) string {
 	return ""
 }
 
-// GetRequestHost return the request host header or X-Forwarded-Host if present
-func GetRequestHost(req *http.Request) string {
-	host := req.Header.Get("X-Forwarded-Host")
-	if host == "" {
-		host = req.Host
-	}
-	return host
-}
-
 // Parse a valid http.SameSite value from a user supplied string for use of making cookies.
 func ParseSameSite(v string) http.SameSite {
 	switch v {
diff --git a/pkg/logger/logger.go b/pkg/logger/logger.go
index d5aab57c..901d0a0d 100644
--- a/pkg/logger/logger.go
+++ b/pkg/logger/logger.go
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ import (
 	"sync"
 	"text/template"
 	"time"
+
+	"github.com/oauth2-proxy/oauth2-proxy/pkg/util"
 )
 
 // AuthStatus defines the different types of auth logging that occur
@@ -195,7 +197,7 @@ func (l *Logger) PrintAuthf(username string, req *http.Request, status AuthStatu
 
 	err := l.authTemplate.Execute(l.writer, authLogMessageData{
 		Client:        client,
-		Host:          req.Host,
+		Host:          util.GetRequestHost(req),
 		Protocol:      req.Proto,
 		RequestMethod: req.Method,
 		Timestamp:     FormatTimestamp(now),
@@ -249,7 +251,7 @@ func (l *Logger) PrintReq(username, upstream string, req *http.Request, url url.
 
 	err := l.reqTemplate.Execute(l.writer, reqLogMessageData{
 		Client:          client,
-		Host:            req.Host,
+		Host:            util.GetRequestHost(req),
 		Protocol:        req.Proto,
 		RequestDuration: fmt.Sprintf("%0.3f", duration),
 		RequestMethod:   req.Method,
diff --git a/pkg/middleware/redirect_to_https.go b/pkg/middleware/redirect_to_https.go
index 27384561..691a0565 100644
--- a/pkg/middleware/redirect_to_https.go
+++ b/pkg/middleware/redirect_to_https.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/justinas/alice"
+	"github.com/oauth2-proxy/oauth2-proxy/pkg/util"
 )
 
 const httpsScheme = "https"
@@ -38,10 +39,9 @@ func redirectToHTTPS(httpsPort string, next http.Handler) http.Handler {
 		// Set the scheme to HTTPS
 		targetURL.Scheme = httpsScheme
 
-		// Set the req.Host when the targetURL still does not have one
-		if targetURL.Host == "" {
-			targetURL.Host = req.Host
-		}
+		// Set the Host in case the targetURL still does not have one
+		// or it isn't X-Forwarded-Host aware
+		targetURL.Host = util.GetRequestHost(req)
 
 		// Overwrite the port if the original request was to a non-standard port
 		if targetURL.Port() != "" {
diff --git a/pkg/middleware/redirect_to_https_test.go b/pkg/middleware/redirect_to_https_test.go
index 238c3b81..ca8bdb99 100644
--- a/pkg/middleware/redirect_to_https_test.go
+++ b/pkg/middleware/redirect_to_https_test.go
@@ -164,5 +164,16 @@ var _ = Describe("RedirectToHTTPS suite", func() {
 			expectedBody:     permanentRedirectBody("https://example.com/"),
 			expectedLocation: "https://example.com/",
 		}),
+		Entry("without TLS with an X-Forwarded-Host header", &requestTableInput{
+			requestString: "http://internal.example.com",
+			useTLS:        false,
+			headers: map[string]string{
+				"X-Forwarded-Proto": "HTTP",
+				"X-Forwarded-Host":  "external.example.com",
+			},
+			expectedStatus:   308,
+			expectedBody:     permanentRedirectBody("https://external.example.com"),
+			expectedLocation: "https://external.example.com",
+		}),
 	)
 })
diff --git a/pkg/util/util.go b/pkg/util/util.go
index 4519fdb8..b39c1032 100644
--- a/pkg/util/util.go
+++ b/pkg/util/util.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"crypto/x509"
 	"fmt"
 	"io/ioutil"
+	"net/http"
 )
 
 func GetCertPool(paths []string) (*x509.CertPool, error) {
@@ -23,3 +24,12 @@ func GetCertPool(paths []string) (*x509.CertPool, error) {
 	}
 	return pool, nil
 }
+
+// GetRequestHost return the request host header or X-Forwarded-Host if present
+func GetRequestHost(req *http.Request) string {
+	host := req.Header.Get("X-Forwarded-Host")
+	if host == "" {
+		host = req.Host
+	}
+	return host
+}
diff --git a/pkg/util/util_test.go b/pkg/util/util_test.go
index 63816209..c1e3d688 100644
--- a/pkg/util/util_test.go
+++ b/pkg/util/util_test.go
@@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ import (
 	"crypto/x509/pkix"
 	"encoding/asn1"
 	"io/ioutil"
+	"net/http/httptest"
 	"os"
 	"testing"
 
+	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 )
 
@@ -70,7 +72,13 @@ func TestGetCertPool_NoRoots(t *testing.T) {
 func TestGetCertPool(t *testing.T) {
 	tempDir, err := ioutil.TempDir("", "certtest")
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
-	defer os.RemoveAll(tempDir)
+	defer func(path string) {
+		rerr := os.RemoveAll(path)
+		if rerr != nil {
+			panic(rerr)
+		}
+	}(tempDir)
+
 	certFile1 := makeTestCertFile(t, testCA1, tempDir)
 	certFile2 := makeTestCertFile(t, testCA2, tempDir)
 
@@ -89,3 +97,16 @@ func TestGetCertPool(t *testing.T) {
 	expectedSubjects := []string{testCA1Subj, testCA2Subj}
 	assert.Equal(t, expectedSubjects, got)
 }
+
+func TestGetRequestHost(t *testing.T) {
+	g := NewWithT(t)
+
+	req := httptest.NewRequest("GET", "https://example.com", nil)
+	host := GetRequestHost(req)
+	g.Expect(host).To(Equal("example.com"))
+
+	proxyReq := httptest.NewRequest("GET", "http://internal.example.com", nil)
+	proxyReq.Header.Add("X-Forwarded-Host", "external.example.com")
+	extHost := GetRequestHost(proxyReq)
+	g.Expect(extHost).To(Equal("external.example.com"))
+}