diff --git a/post_test.go b/post_test.go
index 4010bc1..5f41ddd 100644
--- a/post_test.go
+++ b/post_test.go
@@ -66,4 +66,78 @@ func TestPost(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 		Code: http.StatusRequestEntityTooLarge,
 	}).Run(handler, t)
+
+	(&httpTest{
+		Name:   "Ignore Forwarded headers",
+		Method: "POST",
+		ReqHeader: map[string]string{
+			"Tus-Resumable":     "1.0.0",
+			"Upload-Length":     "300",
+			"Upload-Metadata":   "foo aGVsbG8=, bar d29ybGQ=",
+			"X-Forwarded-Host":  "foo.com",
+			"X-Forwarded-Proto": "https",
+		},
+		Code: http.StatusCreated,
+		ResHeader: map[string]string{
+			"Location": "http://tus.io/files/foo",
+		},
+	}).Run(handler, t)
+
+	handler, _ = NewHandler(Config{
+		MaxSize:  400,
+		BasePath: "files",
+		DataStore: postStore{
+			t: t,
+		},
+		RespectForwardedHeaders: true,
+	})
+
+	(&httpTest{
+		Name:   "Respect X-Forwarded-* headers",
+		Method: "POST",
+		ReqHeader: map[string]string{
+			"Tus-Resumable":     "1.0.0",
+			"Upload-Length":     "300",
+			"Upload-Metadata":   "foo aGVsbG8=, bar d29ybGQ=",
+			"X-Forwarded-Host":  "foo.com",
+			"X-Forwarded-Proto": "https",
+		},
+		Code: http.StatusCreated,
+		ResHeader: map[string]string{
+			"Location": "https://foo.com/files/foo",
+		},
+	}).Run(handler, t)
+
+	(&httpTest{
+		Name:   "Respect Forwarded headers",
+		Method: "POST",
+		ReqHeader: map[string]string{
+			"Tus-Resumable":     "1.0.0",
+			"Upload-Length":     "300",
+			"Upload-Metadata":   "foo aGVsbG8=, bar d29ybGQ=",
+			"X-Forwarded-Host":  "bar.com",
+			"X-Forwarded-Proto": "http",
+			"Forwarded":         "proto=https,host=foo.com",
+		},
+		Code: http.StatusCreated,
+		ResHeader: map[string]string{
+			"Location": "https://foo.com/files/foo",
+		},
+	}).Run(handler, t)
+
+	(&httpTest{
+		Name:   "Filter forwarded protocol",
+		Method: "POST",
+		ReqHeader: map[string]string{
+			"Tus-Resumable":     "1.0.0",
+			"Upload-Length":     "300",
+			"Upload-Metadata":   "foo aGVsbG8=, bar d29ybGQ=",
+			"X-Forwarded-Proto": "aaa",
+			"Forwarded":         "proto=bbb",
+		},
+		Code: http.StatusCreated,
+		ResHeader: map[string]string{
+			"Location": "http://tus.io/files/foo",
+		},
+	}).Run(handler, t)
 }
diff --git a/unrouted_handler.go b/unrouted_handler.go
index 920e30a..0428299 100644
--- a/unrouted_handler.go
+++ b/unrouted_handler.go
@@ -13,7 +13,11 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 )
 
-var reExtractFileID = regexp.MustCompile(`([^/]+)\/?$`)
+var (
+	reExtractFileID  = regexp.MustCompile(`([^/]+)\/?$`)
+	reForwardedHost  = regexp.MustCompile(`host=([^,]+)`)
+	reForwardedProto = regexp.MustCompile(`proto=(https?)`)
+)
 
 var (
 	ErrUnsupportedVersion  = errors.New("unsupported version")
@@ -65,6 +69,10 @@ type Config struct {
 	NotifyCompleteUploads bool
 	// Logger the logger to use internally
 	Logger *log.Logger
+	// Respect the X-Forwarded-Host, X-Forwarded-Proto and Forwarded headers
+	// potentially set by proxies when generating an absolute URL in the
+	// reponse to POST requests.
+	RespectForwardedHeaders bool
 }
 
 // UnroutedHandler exposes methods to handle requests as part of the tus protocol,
@@ -500,16 +508,51 @@ func (handler *UnroutedHandler) absFileURL(r *http.Request, id string) string {
 	}
 
 	// Read origin and protocol from request
-	url := "http://"
-	if r.TLS != nil {
-		url = "https://"
-	}
+	host, proto := getHostAndProtocol(r, handler.config.RespectForwardedHeaders)
 
-	url += r.Host + handler.basePath + id
+	url := proto + "://" + host + handler.basePath + id
 
 	return url
 }
 
+// getHostAndProtocol extracts the host and used protocol (either HTTP or HTTPS)
+// from the given request. If `allowForwarded` is set, the X-Forwarded-Host,
+// X-Forwarded-Proto and Forwarded headers will also be checked to
+// support proxies.
+func getHostAndProtocol(r *http.Request, allowForwarded bool) (host, proto string) {
+	if r.TLS != nil {
+		proto = "https"
+	} else {
+		proto = "http"
+	}
+
+	host = r.Host
+
+	if !allowForwarded {
+		return
+	}
+
+	if h := r.Header.Get("X-Forwarded-Host"); h != "" {
+		host = h
+	}
+
+	if h := r.Header.Get("X-Forwarded-Proto"); h == "http" || h == "https" {
+		proto = h
+	}
+
+	if h := r.Header.Get("Forwarded"); h != "" {
+		if r := reForwardedHost.FindStringSubmatch(h); len(r) == 2 {
+			host = r[1]
+		}
+
+		if r := reForwardedProto.FindStringSubmatch(h); len(r) == 2 {
+			proto = r[1]
+		}
+	}
+
+	return
+}
+
 // The get sum of all sizes for a list of upload ids while checking whether
 // all of these uploads are finished yet. This is used to calculate the size
 // of a final resource.