diff --git a/lib/http-proxy/passes/web-outgoing.js b/lib/http-proxy/passes/web-outgoing.js
index 46352f6e3..81f1e16f9 100644
--- a/lib/http-proxy/passes/web-outgoing.js
+++ b/lib/http-proxy/passes/web-outgoing.js
@@ -51,7 +51,8 @@ module.exports = { // <--
     if ((options.hostRewrite || options.autoRewrite || options.protocolRewrite)
         && proxyRes.headers['location']
         && redirectRegex.test(proxyRes.statusCode)) {
-      var target = url.parse(options.target);
+      const targetStr = typeof options.target === 'string' ? options.target : options.target.href;
+      var target = url.parse(targetStr);
       var u = url.parse(proxyRes.headers['location']);
 
       // make sure the redirected host matches the target host before rewriting