diff --git a/httpbin/helpers.py b/httpbin/helpers.py
index 1e350a8..bce823d 100644
--- a/httpbin/helpers.py
+++ b/httpbin/helpers.py
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ from hashlib import md5
 from werkzeug.http import parse_authorization_header
 
 from flask import request, make_response
+from six.moves.urllib.parse import urlparse, urlunparse
 
 
 from .structures import CaseInsensitiveDict
@@ -133,6 +134,17 @@ def semiflatten(multi):
     else:
         return multi
 
+def get_url(request):
+    """
+    Since we might be hosted behind a proxy, we need to check the
+    X-Forwarded-Proto header to find out what protocol was used to access us.
+    """
+    if 'X-Forwarded-Proto' not in request.headers:
+        return request.url
+    url = list(urlparse(request.url))
+    url[0] = request.headers.get('X-Forwarded-Proto')
+    return urlunparse(url)
+
 
 def get_dict(*keys, **extras):
     """Returns request dict of given keys."""
@@ -151,7 +163,7 @@ def get_dict(*keys, **extras):
         _json = None
 
     d = dict(
-        url=request.url,
+        url=get_url(request),
         args=semiflatten(request.args),
         form=form,
         data=json_safe(data),
diff --git a/test_httpbin.py b/test_httpbin.py
index e3f4ad7..1b1e2c0 100755
--- a/test_httpbin.py
+++ b/test_httpbin.py
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ class HttpbinTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
             content_type='application/x-www-form-urlencoded'
         )
         form_data = json.loads(response.data.decode('utf-8'))['form']
-        self.assertEquals(form_data, {'name': 'kevin'})
+        self.assertEqual(form_data, {'name': 'kevin'})
 
     def test_methods__to_status_endpoint(self):
         methods = [
@@ -237,6 +237,12 @@ class HttpbinTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
             response.headers.get('Content-Type'), 'application/xml'
         )
 
+    def test_x_forwarded_proto(self):
+        response = self.app.get(path='/get', headers={
+            'X-Forwarded-Proto':'https'
+        })
+        assert json.loads(response.data.decode('utf-8'))['url'].startswith('https://')
+
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     unittest.main()