diff --git a/libcloud/httplib_ssl.py b/libcloud/httplib_ssl.py
index f47e4917a9..6aff1b39df 100644
--- a/libcloud/httplib_ssl.py
+++ b/libcloud/httplib_ssl.py
@@ -163,9 +163,10 @@ class LibcloudConnection(LibcloudBaseConnection):
     response = None
 
     def __init__(self, host, port, **kwargs):
-        self.host = '{0}://{1}'.format(
+        self.host = '{0}://{1}{2}'.format(
             'https' if port == 443 else 'http',
-            host
+            host,
+            ":{0}".format(port) if port not in (80, 443) else ""
         )
         # Support for HTTP proxy
         proxy_url_env = os.environ.get(HTTP_PROXY_ENV_VARIABLE_NAME, None)
diff --git a/libcloud/test/test_connection.py b/libcloud/test/test_connection.py
index b4743c3e77..c6c770d026 100644
--- a/libcloud/test/test_connection.py
+++ b/libcloud/test/test_connection.py
@@ -99,6 +99,16 @@ def test_constructor(self):
         self.assertEqual(conn.proxy_host, '127.0.0.5')
         self.assertEqual(conn.proxy_port, 3128)
 
+    def test_connection_to_unusual_port(self):
+        conn = LibcloudConnection(host='localhost', port=8080)
+        self.assertEqual(conn.proxy_scheme, None)
+        self.assertEqual(conn.proxy_host, None)
+        self.assertEqual(conn.proxy_port, None)
+        self.assertEqual(conn.host, 'http://localhost:8080')
+
+        conn = LibcloudConnection(host='localhost', port=80)
+        self.assertEqual(conn.host, 'http://localhost')
+
 
 class ConnectionClassTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
     def setUp(self):