diff --git a/docs/api/v2/urls_test.go b/docs/api/v2/urls_test.go
index 1113a7dd..61d41547 100644
--- a/docs/api/v2/urls_test.go
+++ b/docs/api/v2/urls_test.go
@@ -158,8 +158,9 @@ func TestBuilderFromRequest(t *testing.T) {
 	forwardedHostHeader2.Set("X-Forwarded-Host", "first.example.com, proxy1.example.com")
 
 	testRequests := []struct {
-		request *http.Request
-		base    string
+		request    *http.Request
+		base       string
+		configHost url.URL
 	}{
 		{
 			request: &http.Request{URL: u, Host: u.Host},
@@ -177,10 +178,23 @@ func TestBuilderFromRequest(t *testing.T) {
 			request: &http.Request{URL: u, Host: u.Host, Header: forwardedHostHeader2},
 			base:    "http://first.example.com",
 		},
+		{
+			request: &http.Request{URL: u, Host: u.Host, Header: forwardedHostHeader2},
+			base:    "https://third.example.com:5000",
+			configHost: url.URL{
+				Scheme: "https",
+				Host:   "third.example.com:5000",
+			},
+		},
 	}
 
 	for _, tr := range testRequests {
-		builder := NewURLBuilderFromRequest(tr.request)
+		var builder *URLBuilder
+		if tr.configHost.Scheme != "" && tr.configHost.Host != "" {
+			builder = NewURLBuilder(&tr.configHost)
+		} else {
+			builder = NewURLBuilderFromRequest(tr.request)
+		}
 
 		for _, testCase := range makeURLBuilderTestCases(builder) {
 			url, err := testCase.build()
@@ -207,8 +221,9 @@ func TestBuilderFromRequestWithPrefix(t *testing.T) {
 	forwardedProtoHeader.Set("X-Forwarded-Proto", "https")
 
 	testRequests := []struct {
-		request *http.Request
-		base    string
+		request    *http.Request
+		base       string
+		configHost url.URL
 	}{
 		{
 			request: &http.Request{URL: u, Host: u.Host},
@@ -218,10 +233,23 @@ func TestBuilderFromRequestWithPrefix(t *testing.T) {
 			request: &http.Request{URL: u, Host: u.Host, Header: forwardedProtoHeader},
 			base:    "https://example.com/prefix/",
 		},
+		{
+			request: &http.Request{URL: u, Host: u.Host, Header: forwardedProtoHeader},
+			base:    "https://subdomain.example.com/prefix/",
+			configHost: url.URL{
+				Scheme: "https",
+				Host:   "subdomain.example.com/prefix",
+			},
+		},
 	}
 
 	for _, tr := range testRequests {
-		builder := NewURLBuilderFromRequest(tr.request)
+		var builder *URLBuilder
+		if tr.configHost.Scheme != "" && tr.configHost.Host != "" {
+			builder = NewURLBuilder(&tr.configHost)
+		} else {
+			builder = NewURLBuilderFromRequest(tr.request)
+		}
 
 		for _, testCase := range makeURLBuilderTestCases(builder) {
 			url, err := testCase.build()
diff --git a/docs/handlers/app.go b/docs/handlers/app.go
index 5103c5fb..f2f6ad9d 100644
--- a/docs/handlers/app.go
+++ b/docs/handlers/app.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"math/rand"
 	"net"
 	"net/http"
+	"net/url"
 	"os"
 	"time"
 
@@ -54,6 +55,10 @@ type App struct {
 	registry         distribution.Namespace      // registry is the primary registry backend for the app instance.
 	accessController auth.AccessController       // main access controller for application
 
+	// httpHost is a parsed representation of the http.host parameter from
+	// the configuration. Only the Scheme and Host fields are used.
+	httpHost url.URL
+
 	// events contains notification related configuration.
 	events struct {
 		sink   notifications.Sink
@@ -120,6 +125,14 @@ func NewApp(ctx context.Context, configuration *configuration.Configuration) *Ap
 	app.configureRedis(configuration)
 	app.configureLogHook(configuration)
 
+	if configuration.HTTP.Host != "" {
+		u, err := url.Parse(configuration.HTTP.Host)
+		if err != nil {
+			panic(fmt.Sprintf(`could not parse http "host" parameter: %v`, err))
+		}
+		app.httpHost = *u
+	}
+
 	options := []storage.RegistryOption{}
 
 	if app.isCache {
@@ -639,9 +652,17 @@ func (app *App) context(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) *Context {
 		"vars.uuid"))
 
 	context := &Context{
-		App:        app,
-		Context:    ctx,
-		urlBuilder: v2.NewURLBuilderFromRequest(r),
+		App:     app,
+		Context: ctx,
+	}
+
+	if app.httpHost.Scheme != "" && app.httpHost.Host != "" {
+		// A "host" item in the configuration takes precedence over
+		// X-Forwarded-Proto and X-Forwarded-Host headers, and the
+		// hostname in the request.
+		context.urlBuilder = v2.NewURLBuilder(&app.httpHost)
+	} else {
+		context.urlBuilder = v2.NewURLBuilderFromRequest(r)
 	}
 
 	return context