diff --git a/sentry-tower/Cargo.toml b/sentry-tower/Cargo.toml
index 7309ea92..7d3e41b0 100644
--- a/sentry-tower/Cargo.toml
+++ b/sentry-tower/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ Sentry integration for tower-based crates.
 edition = "2018"
 
 [features]
-http = ["http_", "pin-project"]
+http = ["http_", "pin-project", "url"]
 
 [dependencies]
 tower-layer = "0.3"
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ tower-service = "0.3"
 http_ = { package = "http", version = "0.2.6", optional = true }
 pin-project = { version = "1.0.10", optional = true }
 sentry-core = { version = "0.25.0", path = "../sentry-core", default-features = false, features = ["client"] }
+url = { version = "2.2.2", optional = true }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 anyhow = "1"
diff --git a/sentry-tower/src/http.rs b/sentry-tower/src/http.rs
index 3fd98388..43a659bf 100644
--- a/sentry-tower/src/http.rs
+++ b/sentry-tower/src/http.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
+use std::convert::TryInto;
 use std::future::Future;
 use std::pin::Pin;
 use std::task::{Context, Poll};
 
-use http_::{Request, Response, StatusCode};
+use http_::{header, uri, Request, Response, StatusCode};
 use sentry_core::protocol;
 use tower_layer::Layer;
 use tower_service::Service;
@@ -136,7 +137,7 @@ where
     fn call(&mut self, request: Request<ReqBody>) -> Self::Future {
         let sentry_req = sentry_core::protocol::Request {
             method: Some(request.method().to_string()),
-            url: request.uri().to_string().parse().ok(),
+            url: get_url_from_request(&request),
             headers: request
                 .headers()
                 .into_iter()
@@ -186,3 +187,15 @@ fn map_status(status: StatusCode) -> protocol::SpanStatus {
         _ => protocol::SpanStatus::UnknownError,
     }
 }
+
+fn get_url_from_request<B>(request: &Request<B>) -> Option<url::Url> {
+    let uri = request.uri().clone();
+    let mut uri_parts = uri.into_parts();
+    uri_parts.scheme.get_or_insert(uri::Scheme::HTTP);
+    if uri_parts.authority.is_none() {
+        let host = request.headers().get(header::HOST)?.as_bytes();
+        uri_parts.authority = Some(host.try_into().ok()?);
+    }
+    let uri = uri::Uri::from_parts(uri_parts).ok()?;
+    uri.to_string().parse().ok()
+}