diff --git a/lib/request_overrider.js b/lib/request_overrider.js
index 5aaa3dc72..b6ad59151 100644
--- a/lib/request_overrider.js
+++ b/lib/request_overrider.js
@@ -2,7 +2,12 @@
 
 const debug = require('debug')('nock.request_overrider')
 const { EventEmitter } = require('events')
-const { IncomingMessage, ClientRequest } = require('http')
+const {
+  IncomingMessage,
+  ClientRequest,
+  request: originalHttpRequest,
+} = require('http')
+const { request: originalHttpsRequest } = require('https')
 const _ = require('lodash')
 const propagate = require('propagate')
 const timers = require('timers')
@@ -253,7 +258,11 @@ function RequestOverrider(req, options, interceptors, remove) {
       )
 
       if (allowUnmocked && req instanceof ClientRequest) {
-        const newReq = new ClientRequest(options)
+        const newReq =
+          options.proto === 'https'
+            ? originalHttpsRequest(options)
+            : originalHttpRequest(options)
+
         propagate(newReq, req)
         //  We send the raw buffer as we received it, not as we interpreted it.
         newReq.end(requestBodyBuffer)
diff --git a/tests/test_allow_unmocked_https.js b/tests/test_allow_unmocked_https.js
index 494cd915d..0a6c879e6 100644
--- a/tests/test_allow_unmocked_https.js
+++ b/tests/test_allow_unmocked_https.js
@@ -109,3 +109,38 @@ test('allow unmocked option works with https', t => {
       .end()
   })
 })
+
+test('allow unmocked option works with https for a partial match', t => {
+  // The `allowUnmocked` option is processed in two places. Once in the intercept when there
+  // are no interceptors that come close to matching the request. And again in the overrider when
+  // there are interceptors that partially match, eg just path, but don't completely match.
+  // This explicitly tests the later case in the overrider by making an HTTPS request for a path
+  // that has an interceptor but fails to match the query constraint.
+
+  function middleware(request, response) {
+    response.writeHead(201)
+    response.write('foo')
+    response.end()
+  }
+
+  ssl.startServer(middleware, function(error, server) {
+    t.error(error)
+
+    const { port } = server.address()
+    const origin = `https://localhost:${port}`
+
+    nock(origin, { allowUnmocked: true })
+      .get('/foo')
+      .query({ foo: 'bar' })
+      .reply(418)
+
+    // no query so wont match the interceptor
+    got(`${origin}/foo`, { rejectUnauthorized: false }).then(
+      ({ body, statusCode }) => {
+        t.is(statusCode, 201)
+        t.is(body, 'foo')
+        server.close(t.end)
+      }
+    )
+  })
+})