diff --git a/websocket/src/browser.rs b/websocket/src/browser.rs
index 14939c2e..f889c3fe 100644
--- a/websocket/src/browser.rs
+++ b/websocket/src/browser.rs
@@ -35,7 +35,11 @@ use tokio_io::{AsyncRead, AsyncWrite};
 /// Represents the configuration for a websocket transport capability for libp2p.
 ///
 /// This implementation of `Transport` accepts any address that looks like
-/// `/ip4/.../tcp/.../ws` or `/ip6/.../tcp/.../ws`, and connect to the corresponding IP and port.
+/// `/ip4/.../tcp/.../ws`, `/ip6/.../tcp/.../ws`, `/dns4/.../ws` or `/dns6/.../ws`, and connect to
+/// the corresponding IP and port.
+///
+/// If the underlying multiaddress uses `/dns4` or `/dns6`, then the domain name will be passed in
+/// the headers of the request. This is important is the listener is behind an HTTP proxy.
 #[derive(Debug, Clone)]
 pub struct BrowserWsConfig;
 
@@ -339,6 +343,18 @@ fn multiaddr_to_target(addr: &Multiaddr) -> Result<String, ()> {
         (&AddrComponent::IP6(ref ip), &AddrComponent::TCP(port), &AddrComponent::WSS) => {
             Ok(format!("wss://[{}]:{}/", ip, port))
         }
+        (&AddrComponent::DNS4(ref ns), &AddrComponent::TCP(port), &AddrComponent::WS) => {
+            Ok(format!("ws://{}:{}/", ns, port))
+        }
+        (&AddrComponent::DNS6(ref ns), &AddrComponent::TCP(port), &AddrComponent::WS) => {
+            Ok(format!("ws://{}:{}/", ns, port))
+        }
+        (&AddrComponent::DNS4(ref ns), &AddrComponent::TCP(port), &AddrComponent::WSS) => {
+            Ok(format!("wss://{}:{}/", ns, port))
+        }
+        (&AddrComponent::DNS6(ref ns), &AddrComponent::TCP(port), &AddrComponent::WSS) => {
+            Ok(format!("wss://{}:{}/", ns, port))
+        }
         _ => Err(()),
     }
 }
diff --git a/websocket/src/desktop.rs b/websocket/src/desktop.rs
index 99b6c217..4a6b92a2 100644
--- a/websocket/src/desktop.rs
+++ b/websocket/src/desktop.rs
@@ -34,6 +34,10 @@ use websocket::stream::async::Stream as AsyncStream;
 /// This implementation of `Transport` accepts any address that ends with `/ws` or `/wss`, and will
 /// try to pass the underlying multiaddress to the underlying `Transport`.
 ///
+/// Note that the underlying multiaddr is `/dns4/...` or `/dns6/...`, then this library will
+/// pass the domain name in the headers of the request. This is important is the listener is behind
+/// an HTTP proxy.
+///
 /// > **Note**: `/wss` is only supported for dialing and not listening.
 #[derive(Debug, Clone)]
 pub struct WsConfig<T> {
@@ -159,6 +163,8 @@ where
 
         debug!(target: "libp2p-websocket", "Dialing {} through inner transport", inner_addr);
 
+        let ws_addr = client_addr_to_ws(&inner_addr, is_wss);
+
         let inner_dial = match self.transport.dial(inner_addr) {
             Ok(d) => d,
             Err((transport, old_addr)) => {
@@ -177,13 +183,8 @@ where
         let dial = inner_dial
             .into_future()
             .and_then(move |(connec, client_addr)| {
-                // We pass a dummy address to `ClientBuilder` because it is never used anywhere
-                // in the negotiation anyway, and we use `async_connect_on` to pass a stream.
-                ClientBuilder::new(if is_wss {
-                    "wss://127.0.0.1"
-                } else {
-                    "ws://127.0.0.1"
-                }).expect("hard-coded ws address is always valid")
+                ClientBuilder::new(&ws_addr)
+                    .expect("generated ws address is always valid")
                     .async_connect_on(connec)
                     .map_err(|err| IoError::new(IoErrorKind::Other, err))
                     .map(|(client, _)| {
@@ -245,6 +246,38 @@ where
     }
 }
 
+fn client_addr_to_ws(client_addr: &Multiaddr, is_wss: bool) -> String {
+    let inner = {
+        let protocols: Vec<_> = client_addr.iter().collect();
+
+        if protocols.len() != 2 {
+            "127.0.0.1".to_owned()
+        } else {
+            match (&protocols[0], &protocols[1]) {
+                (&AddrComponent::IP4(ref ip), &AddrComponent::TCP(port)) => {
+                    format!("{}:{}", ip, port)
+                }
+                (&AddrComponent::IP6(ref ip), &AddrComponent::TCP(port)) => {
+                    format!("[{}]:{}", ip, port)
+                }
+                (&AddrComponent::DNS4(ref ns), &AddrComponent::TCP(port)) => {
+                    format!("{}:{}", ns, port)
+                }
+                (&AddrComponent::DNS6(ref ns), &AddrComponent::TCP(port)) => {
+                    format!("{}:{}", ns, port)
+                }
+                _ => "127.0.0.1".to_owned(),
+            }
+        }
+    };
+
+    if is_wss {
+        format!("wss://{}", inner)
+    } else {
+        format!("ws://{}", inner)
+    }
+}
+
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     extern crate libp2p_tcp_transport as tcp;