diff --git a/rpc/jsonrpc/client/http_json_client.go b/rpc/jsonrpc/client/http_json_client.go
index 76fa5063f9..864d04eb97 100644
--- a/rpc/jsonrpc/client/http_json_client.go
+++ b/rpc/jsonrpc/client/http_json_client.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"net"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/url"
+	"regexp"
 	"strings"
 
 	cmtsync "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/libs/sync"
@@ -24,7 +25,7 @@ const (
 	protoUNIX  = "unix"
 )
 
-//-------------------------------------------------------------
+var endsWithPortPattern = regexp.MustCompile(`:[0-9]+$`)
 
 // Parsed URL structure
 type parsedURL struct {
@@ -91,6 +92,17 @@ func (u parsedURL) GetTrimmedHostWithPath() string {
 func (u parsedURL) GetDialAddress() string {
 	// if it's not a unix socket we return the host, example: localhost:443
 	if !u.isUnixSocket {
+		hasPort := endsWithPortPattern.MatchString(u.Host)
+		if !hasPort {
+			// http and ws default to port 80, https and wss default to port 443
+			// https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc9110#section-4.2
+			// https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc6455.html#section-3
+			if u.Scheme == protoHTTP || u.Scheme == protoWS {
+				return u.Host + `:80`
+			} else if u.Scheme == protoHTTPS || u.Scheme == protoWSS {
+				return u.Host + `:443`
+			}
+		}
 		return u.Host
 	}
 	// otherwise we return the path of the unix socket, ex /tmp/socket
diff --git a/rpc/jsonrpc/client/http_json_client_test.go b/rpc/jsonrpc/client/http_json_client_test.go
index 03134dff58..c2a722141b 100644
--- a/rpc/jsonrpc/client/http_json_client_test.go
+++ b/rpc/jsonrpc/client/http_json_client_test.go
@@ -44,6 +44,19 @@ func Test_parsedURL(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	tests := map[string]test{
+		"http endpoint": {
+			url:                  "http://example.com",
+			expectedURL:          "http://example.com",
+			expectedHostWithPath: "example.com",
+			expectedDialAddress:  "example.com:80",
+		},
+
+		"http endpoint with port": {
+			url:                  "http://example.com:8080",
+			expectedURL:          "http://example.com:8080",
+			expectedHostWithPath: "example.com:8080",
+			expectedDialAddress:  "example.com:8080",
+		},
 		"unix endpoint": {
 			url:                  "unix:///tmp/test",
 			expectedURL:          "unix://.tmp.test",
@@ -51,21 +64,21 @@ func Test_parsedURL(t *testing.T) {
 			expectedDialAddress:  "/tmp/test",
 		},
 
-		"http endpoint": {
+		"https endpoint": {
 			url:                  "https://example.com",
 			expectedURL:          "https://example.com",
 			expectedHostWithPath: "example.com",
 			expectedDialAddress:  "example.com",
 		},
 
-		"http endpoint with port": {
+		"https endpoint with port": {
 			url:                  "https://example.com:8080",
 			expectedURL:          "https://example.com:8080",
 			expectedHostWithPath: "example.com:8080",
 			expectedDialAddress:  "example.com:8080",
 		},
 
-		"http path routed endpoint": {
+		"https path routed endpoint": {
 			url:                  "https://example.com:8080/rpc",
 			expectedURL:          "https://example.com:8080/rpc",
 			expectedHostWithPath: "example.com:8080/rpc",