diff --git a/lib/url.c b/lib/url.c
index 30263258f8e07b..cd900ceeca091e 100644
--- a/lib/url.c
+++ b/lib/url.c
@@ -1986,6 +1986,9 @@ static CURLcode parseurlandfillconn(struct Curl_easy *data,
     if(!conn->user)
       return CURLE_OUT_OF_MEMORY;
     conn->bits.user_passwd = TRUE;
+    result = Curl_setstropt(&data->set.str[STRING_USERNAME], conn->user);
+    if(result)
+      return result;
   }
   else if(uc != CURLUE_NO_USER)
     return Curl_uc_to_curlcode(uc);
@@ -1997,6 +2000,9 @@ static CURLcode parseurlandfillconn(struct Curl_easy *data,
     if(!conn->passwd)
       return CURLE_OUT_OF_MEMORY;
     conn->bits.user_passwd = TRUE;
+    result = Curl_setstropt(&data->set.str[STRING_PASSWORD], conn->passwd);
+    if(result)
+      return result;
   }
   else if(uc != CURLUE_NO_PASSWORD)
     return Curl_uc_to_curlcode(uc);
diff --git a/tests/data/Makefile.inc b/tests/data/Makefile.inc
index 1e9aef9d2bca34..fc22c2f1771f96 100644
--- a/tests/data/Makefile.inc
+++ b/tests/data/Makefile.inc
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ test298 test299 test300 test301 test302 test303 test304 test305 test306 \
 test307 test308 test309 test310 test311 test312 test313 test314 test315 \
 test316 test317 test318 test319 test320 test321 test322 test323 test324 \
 test325 test326 test327 test328 test329 test330 test331 test332 test333 \
-test334 \
+test334 test335 \
 test340 \
 \
 test350 test351 test352 test353 test354 test355 test356 \
diff --git a/tests/data/test335 b/tests/data/test335
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..fd1e5114217530
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/data/test335
@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+<testcase>
+<info>
+<keywords>
+HTTP
+HTTP GET
+HTTP proxy
+HTTP proxy Digest auth
+HTTP Digest auth
+HTTP auth in URL
+</keywords>
+</info>
+
+# Server-side
+<reply>
+
+# this is returned first since we get no proxy-auth
+<data>
+HTTP/1.1 407 Authorization Required to proxy me my dear swsclose
+Proxy-Authenticate: Digest realm="weirdorealm", nonce="12345"
+
+And you should ignore this data.
+</data>
+
+# then this is returned since we get no server-auth
+<data1000>
+HTTP/1.1 401 Authorization to the remote host as well swsbounce swsclose
+WWW-Authenticate: Digest realm="realmweirdo", nonce="123456"
+
+you should ignore this data too
+</data1000>
+
+<data1001>
+HTTP/1.1 200 OK swsclose
+Server: no
+Content-Length: 15
+
+Nice auth sir!
+</data1001>
+
+<datacheck>
+HTTP/1.1 407 Authorization Required to proxy me my dear swsclose
+Proxy-Authenticate: Digest realm="weirdorealm", nonce="12345"
+
+HTTP/1.1 401 Authorization to the remote host as well swsbounce swsclose
+WWW-Authenticate: Digest realm="realmweirdo", nonce="123456"
+
+HTTP/1.1 200 OK swsclose
+Server: no
+Content-Length: 15
+
+Nice auth sir!
+</datacheck>
+</reply>
+
+# Client-side
+<client>
+<server>
+http
+</server>
+<features>
+!SSPI
+crypto
+</features>
+ <name>
+HTTP with proxy-requiring-Digest to site-requiring-Digest
+ </name>
+ <command>
+http://digest:alot@data.from.server.requiring.digest.hohoho.com/335 --proxy http://%HOSTIP:%HTTPPORT --proxy-user foo:bar --proxy-digest --digest
+</command>
+</client>
+
+# Verify data after the test has been "shot"
+<verify>
+<strip>
+^User-Agent: curl/.*
+</strip>
+<protocol>
+GET http://data.from.server.requiring.digest.hohoho.com/335 HTTP/1.1
+Host: data.from.server.requiring.digest.hohoho.com
+User-Agent: curl/7.12.0-CVS (i686-pc-linux-gnu) libcurl/7.12.0-CVS OpenSSL/0.9.6b zlib/1.1.4 c-ares/1.2.0 libidn/0.4.3
+Accept: */*
+Proxy-Connection: Keep-Alive
+
+GET http://data.from.server.requiring.digest.hohoho.com/335 HTTP/1.1
+Host: data.from.server.requiring.digest.hohoho.com
+Proxy-Authorization: Digest username="foo", realm="weirdorealm", nonce="12345", uri="/335", response="f61609cd8f5bb205ef4e169b2c5626cb"
+User-Agent: curl/7.12.0-CVS (i686-pc-linux-gnu) libcurl/7.12.0-CVS OpenSSL/0.9.6b zlib/1.1.4 c-ares/1.2.0 libidn/0.4.3
+Accept: */*
+Proxy-Connection: Keep-Alive
+
+GET http://data.from.server.requiring.digest.hohoho.com/335 HTTP/1.1
+Host: data.from.server.requiring.digest.hohoho.com
+Proxy-Authorization: Digest username="foo", realm="weirdorealm", nonce="12345", uri="/335", response="f61609cd8f5bb205ef4e169b2c5626cb"
+Authorization: Digest username="digest", realm="realmweirdo", nonce="123456", uri="/335", response="08a2e2e684047f4219a38ddc189ac00c"
+User-Agent: curl/7.12.0-CVS (i686-pc-linux-gnu) libcurl/7.12.0-CVS OpenSSL/0.9.6b ipv6 zlib/1.1.4 GSS libidn/0.4.3
+Accept: */*
+Proxy-Connection: Keep-Alive
+
+</protocol>
+</verify>
+</testcase>