diff --git a/mocks.go b/mocks.go
index 9498b2b..48e6faa 100644
--- a/mocks.go
+++ b/mocks.go
@@ -398,6 +398,9 @@ var pathMatcher Matcher = func(r *http.Request, spec *MockRequest) error {
 
 var hostMatcher Matcher = func(r *http.Request, spec *MockRequest) error {
 	receivedHost := r.Host
+	if receivedHost == "" {
+		receivedHost = r.URL.Host
+	}
 	mockHost := spec.url.Host
 	if mockHost == "" {
 		return nil
diff --git a/mocks_test.go b/mocks_test.go
index 208722b..15e9072 100644
--- a/mocks_test.go
+++ b/mocks_test.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/http/httptest"
+	"net/url"
 	"reflect"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
@@ -54,19 +55,38 @@ func TestMocks_NewEmptyUnmatchedMockError_ExpectedErrorsString(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestMocks_HostMatcher(t *testing.T) {
-	tests := []struct {
-		requestUrl    string
+	tests := map[string]struct {
+		request       *http.Request
 		mockUrl       string
 		expectedError error
 	}{
-		{"http://test.com", "https://test.com", nil},
-		{"https://test.com", "https://testa.com", errors.New("received host test.com did not match mock host testa.com")},
-		{"https://test.com", "", nil},
+		"matching": {
+			request:       httptest.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, "http://test.com", nil),
+			mockUrl:       "https://test.com",
+			expectedError: nil,
+		},
+		"not matching": {
+			request:       httptest.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, "https://test.com", nil),
+			mockUrl:       "https://testa.com",
+			expectedError: errors.New("received host test.com did not match mock host testa.com"),
+		},
+		"no expected host": {
+			request:       httptest.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, "https://test.com", nil),
+			mockUrl:       "",
+			expectedError: nil,
+		},
+		"matching using URL host": {
+			request: &http.Request{URL: &url.URL{
+				Host: "test.com",
+				Path: "/",
+			}},
+			mockUrl:       "https://test.com",
+			expectedError: nil,
+		},
 	}
-	for _, test := range tests {
-		t.Run(fmt.Sprintf("%s %s", test.requestUrl, test.mockUrl), func(t *testing.T) {
-			req := httptest.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, test.requestUrl, nil)
-			matchError := hostMatcher(req, NewMock().Get(test.mockUrl))
+	for name, test := range tests {
+		t.Run(name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			matchError := hostMatcher(test.request, NewMock().Get(test.mockUrl))
 			assert.Equal(t, test.expectedError, matchError)
 		})
 	}