diff --git a/examples/client.c b/examples/client.c
index 2bb8b1e5..f7497f52 100644
--- a/examples/client.c
+++ b/examples/client.c
@@ -528,7 +528,7 @@ static void submit_request(struct Connection *connection, struct Request *req)
     MAKE_NV(":method", "GET"),
     MAKE_NV_CS(":path", req->path),
     MAKE_NV(":scheme", "https"),
-    MAKE_NV_CS(":host", req->hostport),
+    MAKE_NV_CS(":authority", req->hostport),
     MAKE_NV("accept", "*/*"),
     MAKE_NV("user-agent", "nghttp2/"NGHTTP2_VERSION)
   };