diff --git a/spring-platform-netflix-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/platform/netflix/zuul/filters/route/RibbonRoutingFilter.java b/spring-platform-netflix-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/platform/netflix/zuul/filters/route/RibbonRoutingFilter.java
index 1be17871..b382440c 100644
--- a/spring-platform-netflix-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/platform/netflix/zuul/filters/route/RibbonRoutingFilter.java
+++ b/spring-platform-netflix-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/platform/netflix/zuul/filters/route/RibbonRoutingFilter.java
@@ -195,6 +195,9 @@ public class RibbonRoutingFilter extends ZuulFilter {
         if (headers.containsKey("transfer-encoding"))
             headers.remove("transfer-encoding");
 
+        if (headers.containsKey("host"))
+            headers.remove("host");
+
         return headers;
     }