diff --git a/url.c b/url.c
index 3b1328d..914041f 100644
--- a/url.c
+++ b/url.c
@@ -424,8 +424,8 @@ int http_download_file(char * hostname, char * remotename, int * size)
 		return FTPERR_FAILED_CONNECT;
 	}
 
-	buf = alloca(strlen(remotename) + 20);
-	sprintf(buf, "GET %s HTTP/1.0\r\n\r\n", remotename);
+	buf = alloca(strlen(remotename) + strlen(hostname) + 20);
+	sprintf(buf, "GET %s HTTP/1.1\r\nHost: %s\r\n\r\n", remotename, hostname);
 	rc = write(sock, buf, strlen(buf));
 
 	/* This is fun; read the response a character at a time until we: