diff --git a/lib/http_proxy.c b/lib/http_proxy.c
index c4fba9d062..58489abec1 100644
--- a/lib/http_proxy.c
+++ b/lib/http_proxy.c
@@ -300,32 +300,27 @@ static CURLcode CONNECT(struct Curl_easy *data,
                                      hostheader, TRUE);
 
       if(!result) {
-        const char *proxyconn = "";
-        const char *useragent = "";
         const char *httpv =
           (conn->http_proxy.proxytype == CURLPROXY_HTTP_1_0) ? "1.0" : "1.1";
 
-        if(!Curl_checkProxyheaders(data, conn, "Proxy-Connection"))
-          proxyconn = "Proxy-Connection: Keep-Alive\r\n";
-
-        if(!Curl_checkProxyheaders(data, conn, "User-Agent") &&
-           data->set.str[STRING_USERAGENT])
-          useragent = data->state.aptr.uagent;
-
         result =
           Curl_dyn_addf(req,
                         "CONNECT %s HTTP/%s\r\n"
                         "%s"  /* Host: */
-                        "%s"  /* Proxy-Authorization */
-                        "%s"  /* User-Agent */
-                        "%s", /* Proxy-Connection */
+                        "%s", /* Proxy-Authorization */
                         hostheader,
                         httpv,
                         host?host:"",
                         data->state.aptr.proxyuserpwd?
-                        data->state.aptr.proxyuserpwd:"",
-                        useragent,
-                        proxyconn);
+                        data->state.aptr.proxyuserpwd:"");
+
+        if(!result && !Curl_checkProxyheaders(data, conn, "User-Agent") &&
+           data->set.str[STRING_USERAGENT])
+          result = Curl_dyn_addf(req, "User-Agent: %s\r\n",
+                                 data->set.str[STRING_USERAGENT]);
+
+        if(!result && !Curl_checkProxyheaders(data, conn, "Proxy-Connection"))
+          result = Curl_dyn_add(req, "Proxy-Connection: Keep-Alive\r\n");
 
         if(!result)
           result = Curl_add_custom_headers(data, TRUE, req);
@@ -841,9 +836,17 @@ static CURLcode CONNECT(struct Curl_easy *data,
         goto error;
 
       if(!Curl_checkProxyheaders(data, conn, "User-Agent") &&
-         data->set.str[STRING_USERAGENT] &&
-         Curl_hyper_header(data, headers, data->state.aptr.uagent))
-        goto error;
+         data->set.str[STRING_USERAGENT]) {
+        struct dynbuf ua;
+        Curl_dyn_init(&ua, DYN_HTTP_REQUEST);
+        result = Curl_dyn_addf(&ua, "User-Agent: %s\r\n",
+                               data->set.str[STRING_USERAGENT]);
+        if(result)
+          goto error;
+        if(Curl_hyper_header(data, headers, Curl_dyn_ptr(&ua)))
+          goto error;
+        Curl_dyn_free(&ua);
+      }
 
       if(!Curl_checkProxyheaders(data, conn, "Proxy-Connection") &&
          Curl_hyper_header(data, headers, "Proxy-Connection: Keep-Alive"))
diff --git a/tests/data/Makefile.inc b/tests/data/Makefile.inc
index 6c6ab09de6..59e1145fc8 100644
--- a/tests/data/Makefile.inc
+++ b/tests/data/Makefile.inc
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ test1152 test1153 test1154 test1155 test1156 test1157 test1158 test1159 \
 test1160 test1161 test1162 test1163 test1164 test1165 test1166 test1167 \
 test1168 test1169 test1170 test1171 test1172 test1173 test1174 test1175 \
 test1176 test1177 test1178 test1179 test1180 test1181 test1182 test1183 \
-\
+test1184 \
 test1188 \
 \
 test1190 test1191 test1192 test1193 test1194 test1195 test1196 test1197 \
diff --git a/tests/data/test1184 b/tests/data/test1184
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..feac348ef5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/data/test1184
@@ -0,0 +1,108 @@
+<testcase>
+<info>
+<keywords>
+HTTP
+HTTP CONNECT
+HTTP proxy
+proxytunnel
+</keywords>
+</info>
+
+#
+# Server-side
+<reply>
+<connect>
+HTTP/1.1 200 Mighty fine indeed
+Server: test tunnel 2000
+
+</connect>
+
+<data nocheck="yes">
+HTTP/1.1 302 OK
+Location: http://%HOSTIP.%TESTNUMBER:%HTTPPORT/we/want/that/page/%TESTNUMBER0002
+Date: Tue, 09 Nov 2010 14:49:00 GMT
+Server: test-server/fake
+Content-Type: text/html
+Funny-head: yesyes
+Content-Length: 9
+Connection: close
+
+contents
+</data>
+
+<data2 nocheck="yes">
+HTTP/1.1 200 OK
+Content-Length: 7
+
+second
+</data2>
+</reply>
+
+#
+# Client-side
+<client>
+<server>
+http
+http-proxy
+</server>
+ <name>
+HTTP 1.1 CONNECT with redirect and set -H user-agent
+ </name>
+ <command>
+-x %HOSTIP:%PROXYPORT -p http://%HOSTIP.%TESTNUMBER:%HTTPPORT/we/want/that/page/%TESTNUMBER -L -H "User-Agent: %TESTNUMBER-agent"
+</command>
+<features>
+proxy
+</features>
+</client>
+
+#
+# Verify data after the test has been "shot"
+<verify>
+<proxy>
+CONNECT %HOSTIP.%TESTNUMBER:%HTTPPORT HTTP/1.1
+Host: %HOSTIP.%TESTNUMBER:%HTTPPORT
+User-Agent: curl/%VERSION
+Proxy-Connection: Keep-Alive
+
+CONNECT %HOSTIP.%TESTNUMBER:%HTTPPORT HTTP/1.1
+Host: %HOSTIP.%TESTNUMBER:%HTTPPORT
+User-Agent: curl/%VERSION
+Proxy-Connection: Keep-Alive
+
+</proxy>
+<protocol>
+GET /we/want/that/page/%TESTNUMBER HTTP/1.1
+Host: %HOSTIP.%TESTNUMBER:%HTTPPORT
+Accept: */*
+User-Agent: %TESTNUMBER-agent
+
+GET /we/want/that/page/%TESTNUMBER0002 HTTP/1.1
+Host: %HOSTIP.%TESTNUMBER:%HTTPPORT
+Accept: */*
+User-Agent: %TESTNUMBER-agent
+
+</protocol>
+<stdout>
+HTTP/1.1 200 Mighty fine indeed
+Server: test tunnel 2000
+
+HTTP/1.1 302 OK
+Location: http://%HOSTIP.%TESTNUMBER:%HTTPPORT/we/want/that/page/%TESTNUMBER0002
+Date: Tue, 09 Nov 2010 14:49:00 GMT
+Server: test-server/fake
+Content-Type: text/html
+Funny-head: yesyes
+Content-Length: 9
+Connection: close
+
+HTTP/1.1 200 Mighty fine indeed
+Server: test tunnel 2000
+
+HTTP/1.1 200 OK
+Content-Length: 7
+
+second
+</stdout>
+</verify>
+</testcase>