diff --git a/src/shrpx_client_handler.cc b/src/shrpx_client_handler.cc
index 70be8546..2b88ac35 100644
--- a/src/shrpx_client_handler.cc
+++ b/src/shrpx_client_handler.cc
@@ -98,9 +98,6 @@ void upstream_eventcb(bufferevent *bev, short events, void *arg)
       if(ENABLE_LOG) {
         LOG(INFO) << "Upstream connected. handler " << handler;
       }
-      if(get_config()->accesslog) {
-        upstream_connect(handler->get_ipaddr());
-      }
       handler->set_bev_cb(upstream_readcb, upstream_writecb, upstream_eventcb);
       handler->validate_next_proto();
       if(ENABLE_LOG) {
diff --git a/src/shrpx_spdy_downstream_connection.cc b/src/shrpx_spdy_downstream_connection.cc
index bd6c8ec8..d5e51dcc 100644
--- a/src/shrpx_spdy_downstream_connection.cc
+++ b/src/shrpx_spdy_downstream_connection.cc
@@ -175,6 +175,16 @@ ssize_t spdy_data_read_callback(spdylay_session *session,
 }
 } // namespace
 
+namespace {
+void copy_url_component(std::string& dest, http_parser_url *u, int field,
+                        const char* url)
+{
+  if(u->field_set & (1 << field)) {
+    dest.assign(url+u->field_data[field].off, u->field_data[field].len);
+  }
+}
+} // namespace
+
 int SpdyDownstreamConnection::push_request_headers()
 {
   int rv;
@@ -195,12 +205,41 @@ int SpdyDownstreamConnection::push_request_headers()
   size_t hdidx = 0;
   std::string via_value;
   std::string xff_value;
+  std::string scheme, path, query;
+  if(downstream_->get_request_method() != "CONNECT") {
+    http_parser_url u;
+    const char *url = downstream_->get_request_path().c_str();
+    memset(&u, 0, sizeof(u));
+    rv = http_parser_parse_url(url,
+                               downstream_->get_request_path().size(),
+                               0, &u);
+    if(rv == 0) {
+      copy_url_component(scheme, &u, UF_SCHEMA, url);
+      copy_url_component(path, &u, UF_PATH, url);
+      copy_url_component(query, &u, UF_QUERY, url);
+      if(!query.empty()) {
+        path += "?";
+        path += query;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
   nv[hdidx++] = ":method";
   nv[hdidx++] = downstream_->get_request_method().c_str();
   nv[hdidx++] = ":scheme";
-  nv[hdidx++] = "https";
+  if(scheme.empty()) {
+    // Currently, the user of this downstream connecion is HTTP
+    // only.
+    nv[hdidx++] = "http";
+  } else {
+    nv[hdidx++] = scheme.c_str();
+  }
   nv[hdidx++] = ":path";
-  nv[hdidx++] = downstream_->get_request_path().c_str();
+  if(downstream_->get_request_method() == "CONNECT" || path.empty()) {
+    nv[hdidx++] = downstream_->get_request_path().c_str();
+  } else {
+    nv[hdidx++] = path.c_str();
+  }
   nv[hdidx++] = ":version";
   nv[hdidx++] = "HTTP/1.1";
   bool chunked_encoding = false;
@@ -273,7 +312,8 @@ int SpdyDownstreamConnection::push_request_headers()
               << ss.str();
   }
 
-  if(chunked_encoding || content_length) {
+  if(downstream_->get_request_method() == "CONNECT" ||
+     chunked_encoding || content_length) {
     // Request-body is expected.
     spdylay_data_provider data_prd;
     data_prd.source.ptr = this;
@@ -462,7 +502,8 @@ void on_ctrl_recv_callback
       return;
     }
 
-    if(!content_length && downstream->get_request_method() != "HEAD") {
+    if(!content_length && downstream->get_request_method() != "HEAD" &&
+       downstream->get_request_method() != "CONNECT") {
       unsigned int status;
       status = downstream->get_response_http_status();
       if(!((100 <= status && status <= 199) || status == 204 ||
diff --git a/src/shrpx_ssl.cc b/src/shrpx_ssl.cc
index c57d4f6e..4bb8cbc2 100644
--- a/src/shrpx_ssl.cc
+++ b/src/shrpx_ssl.cc
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
 #include "shrpx_log.h"
 #include "shrpx_client_handler.h"
 #include "shrpx_config.h"
+#include "shrpx_accesslog.h"
 
 namespace shrpx {
 
@@ -193,6 +194,10 @@ ClientHandler* accept_ssl_connection(event_base *evbase, SSL_CTX *ssl_ctx,
   int rv;
   rv = getnameinfo(addr, addrlen, host, sizeof(host), 0, 0, NI_NUMERICHOST);
   if(rv == 0) {
+    if(get_config()->accesslog) {
+      upstream_connect(host);
+    }
+
     int val = 1;
     rv = setsockopt(fd, IPPROTO_TCP, TCP_NODELAY,
                     reinterpret_cast<char *>(&val), sizeof(val));