diff --git a/src/net/http/httputil/reverseproxy.go b/src/net/http/httputil/reverseproxy.go
index 6e5bc4753e6..70de7b107db 100644
--- a/src/net/http/httputil/reverseproxy.go
+++ b/src/net/http/httputil/reverseproxy.go
@@ -110,6 +110,27 @@ func singleJoiningSlash(a, b string) string {
 	return a + b
 }
 
+func joinURLPath(a, b *url.URL) (path, rawpath string) {
+	if a.RawPath == "" && b.RawPath == "" {
+		return singleJoiningSlash(a.Path, b.Path), ""
+	}
+	// Same as singleJoiningSlash, but uses EscapedPath to determine
+	// whether a slash should be added
+	apath := a.EscapedPath()
+	bpath := b.EscapedPath()
+
+	aslash := strings.HasSuffix(apath, "/")
+	bslash := strings.HasPrefix(bpath, "/")
+
+	switch {
+	case aslash && bslash:
+		return a.Path + b.Path[1:], apath + bpath[1:]
+	case !aslash && !bslash:
+		return a.Path + "/" + b.Path, apath + "/" + bpath
+	}
+	return a.Path + b.Path, apath + bpath
+}
+
 // NewSingleHostReverseProxy returns a new ReverseProxy that routes
 // URLs to the scheme, host, and base path provided in target. If the
 // target's path is "/base" and the incoming request was for "/dir",
@@ -122,7 +143,7 @@ func NewSingleHostReverseProxy(target *url.URL) *ReverseProxy {
 	director := func(req *http.Request) {
 		req.URL.Scheme = target.Scheme
 		req.URL.Host = target.Host
-		req.URL.Path = singleJoiningSlash(target.Path, req.URL.Path)
+		req.URL.Path, req.URL.RawPath = joinURLPath(target, req.URL)
 		if targetQuery == "" || req.URL.RawQuery == "" {
 			req.URL.RawQuery = targetQuery + req.URL.RawQuery
 		} else {
diff --git a/src/net/http/httputil/reverseproxy_test.go b/src/net/http/httputil/reverseproxy_test.go
index be5531951a8..6a3a1c54fcc 100644
--- a/src/net/http/httputil/reverseproxy_test.go
+++ b/src/net/http/httputil/reverseproxy_test.go
@@ -1357,7 +1357,7 @@ func TestSingleJoinSlash(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	for _, tt := range tests {
 		if got := singleJoiningSlash(tt.slasha, tt.slashb); got != tt.expected {
-			t.Errorf("singleJoiningSlash(%s,%s) want %s got %s",
+			t.Errorf("singleJoiningSlash(%q,%q) want %q got %q",
 				tt.slasha,
 				tt.slashb,
 				tt.expected,
@@ -1365,3 +1365,30 @@ func TestSingleJoinSlash(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	}
 }
+
+func TestJoinURLPath(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		a        *url.URL
+		b        *url.URL
+		wantPath string
+		wantRaw  string
+	}{
+		{&url.URL{Path: "/a/b"}, &url.URL{Path: "/c"}, "/a/b/c", ""},
+		{&url.URL{Path: "/a/b", RawPath: "badpath"}, &url.URL{Path: "c"}, "/a/b/c", "/a/b/c"},
+		{&url.URL{Path: "/a/b", RawPath: "/a%2Fb"}, &url.URL{Path: "/c"}, "/a/b/c", "/a%2Fb/c"},
+		{&url.URL{Path: "/a/b", RawPath: "/a%2Fb"}, &url.URL{Path: "/c"}, "/a/b/c", "/a%2Fb/c"},
+		{&url.URL{Path: "/a/b/", RawPath: "/a%2Fb%2F"}, &url.URL{Path: "c"}, "/a/b//c", "/a%2Fb%2F/c"},
+		{&url.URL{Path: "/a/b/", RawPath: "/a%2Fb/"}, &url.URL{Path: "/c/d", RawPath: "/c%2Fd"}, "/a/b/c/d", "/a%2Fb/c%2Fd"},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		p, rp := joinURLPath(tt.a, tt.b)
+		if p != tt.wantPath || rp != tt.wantRaw {
+			t.Errorf("joinURLPath(URL(%q,%q),URL(%q,%q)) want (%q,%q) got (%q,%q)",
+				tt.a.Path, tt.a.RawPath,
+				tt.b.Path, tt.b.RawPath,
+				tt.wantPath, tt.wantRaw,
+				p, rp)
+		}
+	}
+}