diff --git a/lib/middleware/proxy.js b/lib/middleware/proxy.js
index d84c7e4af..fc5f2f665 100644
--- a/lib/middleware/proxy.js
+++ b/lib/middleware/proxy.js
@@ -40,10 +40,15 @@ var parseProxyConfig = function (proxies, config) {
 
     var hostname = proxyDetails.hostname || config.hostname
     var protocol = proxyDetails.protocol || config.protocol
-    var port = proxyDetails.port || config.port ||
-      (proxyDetails.protocol === 'https:' ? '443' : '80')
     var https = proxyDetails.protocol === 'https:'
-
+    var port
+    if (proxyDetails.port) {
+      port = proxyDetails.port
+    } else if (proxyDetails.protocol) {
+      port = proxyDetails.protocol === 'https:' ? '443' : '80'
+    } else {
+      port = config.port
+    }
     var changeOrigin = 'changeOrigin' in proxyConfiguration ? proxyConfiguration.changeOrigin : false
     var proxy = httpProxy.createProxyServer({
       target: {
@@ -89,7 +94,8 @@ var createProxyHandler = function (proxies, urlRoot) {
     var nullProxy = function createNullProxy (request, response, next) {
       return next()
     }
-    nullProxy.upgrade = function upgradeNullProxy () {}
+    nullProxy.upgrade = function upgradeNullProxy () {
+    }
     return nullProxy
   }
 
diff --git a/test/unit/middleware/proxy.spec.js b/test/unit/middleware/proxy.spec.js
index a3eaad4b5..ba5b8dd70 100644
--- a/test/unit/middleware/proxy.spec.js
+++ b/test/unit/middleware/proxy.spec.js
@@ -253,6 +253,36 @@ describe('middleware.proxy', () => {
     expect(parsedProxyConfig[0].proxy).to.exist
   })
 
+  it('should parse right port of proxy target', () => {
+    var proxy = { '/w': 'http://krinkle.dev/w' }
+    var config = {port: 9877, hostname: 'localhost'}
+    var parsedProxyConfig = m.parseProxyConfig(proxy, config)
+    expect(parsedProxyConfig).to.have.length(1)
+    expect(parsedProxyConfig[0]).to.containSubset({
+      host: 'krinkle.dev',
+      port: '80',
+      baseUrl: '/w',
+      path: '/w',
+      https: false
+    })
+    expect(parsedProxyConfig[0].proxy).to.exist
+  })
+
+  it('should parse right port of proxy target w. https', () => {
+    var proxy = { '/w': 'https://krinkle.dev/w' }
+    var config = {port: 9877, hostname: 'localhost'}
+    var parsedProxyConfig = m.parseProxyConfig(proxy, config)
+    expect(parsedProxyConfig).to.have.length(1)
+    expect(parsedProxyConfig[0]).to.containSubset({
+      host: 'krinkle.dev',
+      port: '443',
+      baseUrl: '/w',
+      path: '/w',
+      https: true
+    })
+    expect(parsedProxyConfig[0].proxy).to.exist
+  })
+
   it('should normalize proxy url', () => {
     var proxy = {'/base/': 'http://localhost:8000/proxy/test'}
     var parsedProxyConfig = m.parseProxyConfig(proxy, {})