diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/hateoas/mvc/ControllerLinkBuilder.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/hateoas/mvc/ControllerLinkBuilder.java
index 96eee031..d971c8a4 100755
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/hateoas/mvc/ControllerLinkBuilder.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/hateoas/mvc/ControllerLinkBuilder.java
@@ -15,11 +15,11 @@
  */
 package org.springframework.hateoas.mvc;
 
-import static org.springframework.util.StringUtils.*;
-
 import lombok.RequiredArgsConstructor;
 import lombok.experimental.Delegate;
 
+import static org.springframework.util.StringUtils.hasText;
+
 import java.lang.reflect.Method;
 import java.net.URI;
 import java.util.Map;
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ import org.springframework.hateoas.core.AnnotationMappingDiscoverer;
 import org.springframework.hateoas.core.DummyInvocationUtils;
 import org.springframework.hateoas.core.LinkBuilderSupport;
 import org.springframework.hateoas.core.MappingDiscoverer;
+import org.springframework.http.server.ServletServerHttpRequest;
 import org.springframework.util.Assert;
 import org.springframework.util.ConcurrentReferenceHashMap;
 import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMapping;
@@ -52,6 +53,7 @@ import org.springframework.web.util.UriTemplate;
  * @author Greg Turnquist
  * @author Kevin Conaway
  * @author Andrew Naydyonock
+ * @author Oliver Trosien
  */
 public class ControllerLinkBuilder extends LinkBuilderSupport<ControllerLinkBuilder> {
 
@@ -253,56 +255,29 @@ public class ControllerLinkBuilder extends LinkBuilderSupport<ControllerLinkBuil
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Returns a {@link UriComponentsBuilder} obtained from the current servlet mapping with the host tweaked in case the
-	 * request contains an {@code X-Forwarded-Host} header and the scheme tweaked in case the request contains an
-	 * {@code X-Forwarded-Ssl} header
+	 * Returns a {@link UriComponentsBuilder} obtained from the current servlet mapping with
+	 * scheme tweaked in case the request contains an {@code X-Forwarded-Ssl} header, which is not (yet)
+	 * supported by the underlying {@link UriComponentsBuilder}.
 	 * 
 	 * @return
 	 */
 	static UriComponentsBuilder getBuilder() {
-
-		HttpServletRequest request = getCurrentRequest();
-		ServletUriComponentsBuilder builder = ServletUriComponentsBuilder.fromServletMapping(request);
-
-		ForwardedHeader forwarded = ForwardedHeader.of(request.getHeader(ForwardedHeader.NAME));
-		String proto = hasText(forwarded.getProto()) ? forwarded.getProto() : request.getHeader("X-Forwarded-Proto");
-		String forwardedSsl = request.getHeader("X-Forwarded-Ssl");
-
-		if (hasText(proto)) {
-			builder.scheme(proto);
-		} else if (hasText(forwardedSsl) && forwardedSsl.equalsIgnoreCase("on")) {
-			builder.scheme("https");
-		}
-
-		String host = forwarded.getHost();
-		host = hasText(host) ? host : request.getHeader("X-Forwarded-Host");
-
-		if (!hasText(host)) {
-			return builder;
-		}
-
-		String[] hosts = commaDelimitedListToStringArray(host);
-		String hostToUse = hosts[0];
-
-		if (hostToUse.contains(":")) {
-
-			String[] hostAndPort = split(hostToUse, ":");
-
-			builder.host(hostAndPort[0]);
-			builder.port(Integer.parseInt(hostAndPort[1]));
-
-		} else {
-			builder.host(hostToUse);
-			builder.port(-1); // reset port if it was forwarded from default port
-		}
-
-		String port = request.getHeader("X-Forwarded-Port");
-
-		if (hasText(port)) {
-			builder.port(Integer.parseInt(port));
-		}
-
-		return builder;
+		
+		HttpServletRequest request = getCurrentRequest();
+		UriComponentsBuilder builder = UriComponentsBuilder.fromHttpRequest(new ServletServerHttpRequest(request));
+
+		// special case handling for X-Forwarded-Ssl:
+		// apply it, but only if X-Forwarded-Proto is unset.
+
+		String forwardedSsl = request.getHeader("X-Forwarded-Ssl");
+		ForwardedHeader forwarded = ForwardedHeader.of(request.getHeader(ForwardedHeader.NAME));
+		String proto = hasText(forwarded.getProto()) ? forwarded.getProto() : request.getHeader("X-Forwarded-Proto");
+
+		if (!hasText(proto) && hasText(forwardedSsl) && forwardedSsl.equalsIgnoreCase("on")) {
+			builder.scheme("https");
+		}
+
+		return builder;
 	}
 
 	/**
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/springframework/hateoas/mvc/ControllerLinkBuilderUnitTest.java b/src/test/java/org/springframework/hateoas/mvc/ControllerLinkBuilderUnitTest.java
index 7c2a2f21..1121fd00 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/springframework/hateoas/mvc/ControllerLinkBuilderUnitTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/springframework/hateoas/mvc/ControllerLinkBuilderUnitTest.java
@@ -532,6 +532,30 @@ public class ControllerLinkBuilderUnitTest extends TestUtils {
 		assertThat(components.getQueryParams().get("query"), is(nullValue()));
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * @see #509
+	 */
+	@Test
+	public void supportsTwoProxiesAddingXForwardedPort() {
+		request.addHeader("X-Forwarded-Port", "1443,8443");
+		request.addHeader("X-Forwarded-Host", "proxy1,proxy2");
+
+		Link link = linkTo(PersonControllerImpl.class).withSelfRel();
+		assertThat(link.getHref(), startsWith("http://proxy1:1443"));
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @see #509
+	 */
+	@Test
+	public void resolvesAmbiguousXForwardedHeaders() {
+		request.addHeader("X-Forwarded-Proto", "http");
+		request.addHeader("X-Forwarded-Ssl", "on");
+
+		Link link = linkTo(PersonControllerImpl.class).withSelfRel();
+		assertThat(link.getHref(), startsWith("http://"));
+	}
+
 	private static UriComponents toComponents(Link link) {
 		return UriComponentsBuilder.fromUriString(link.expand().getHref()).build();
 	}