--- proxy_util.c.orig	2007-09-13 10:50:07.311449200 +0200
+++ proxy_util.c.orig	2007-09-13 10:50:06.592699200 +0200
@@ -20,6 +20,16 @@ 
 #include "scoreboard.h"
 #include "apr_version.h"
 
+#define PROXY_COPY_CONF_PARAMS(w, c) \
+    do {                             \
+        (w)->timeout              = (c)->timeout;               \
+        (w)->timeout_set          = (c)->timeout_set;           \
+        (w)->recv_buffer_size     = (c)->recv_buffer_size;      \
+        (w)->recv_buffer_size_set = (c)->recv_buffer_size_set;  \
+        (w)->io_buffer_size       = (c)->io_buffer_size;        \
+        (w)->io_buffer_size_set   = (c)->io_buffer_size_set;    \
+    } while (0)
+
 #if APR_HAVE_UNISTD_H
 #include <unistd.h>         /* for getpid() */
 #endif
@@ -1394,14 +1404,46 @@ 
         }
         else if (r->proxyreq == PROXYREQ_REVERSE) {
             if (conf->reverse) {
-                ap_log_rerror(APLOG_MARK, APLOG_DEBUG, 0, r,
-                              "proxy: *: found reverse proxy worker for %s",
-                               *url);
                 *balancer = NULL;
+
+		char *c;
+		char url_copy[strlen(*url) + 1];
+
+		/* Make a copy of the URL where the path is truncated */
+		strcpy(url_copy, *url);
+		c = ap_strchr_c(url_copy, ':');
+
+		if ( !(c == NULL || c[1] != '/' || c[2] != '/' || c[3] == '\0') ) {
+		  c = ap_strchr_c(c+3, '/');
+		  if ( c[0] == '/' )
+		    c[1] = '\0';
+		}
+
+                const char *err = ap_proxy_add_worker(worker, conf->pool, conf, url_copy);
+		if (err) {
+		   ap_log_rerror(APLOG_MARK, APLOG_DEBUG, 0, r,
+                                 "proxy: unable to add new reverse proxy worker for %s - %s",
+                                 *url, err);
+		}
+		else
+		{
+         	   PROXY_COPY_CONF_PARAMS((proxy_worker *) *worker,
+					  (proxy_server_conf *) conf);
+
+            	   ap_proxy_initialize_worker_share(conf, *worker, r->server);
+            	   ap_proxy_initialize_worker(*worker, r->server);
+            	   /* Do not disable worker in case of errors */
+            	   (*worker)->s->status |= PROXY_WORKER_IGNORE_ERRORS;
+            	   (*worker)->is_address_reusable = 1;
+		}
+
+		ap_log_rerror(APLOG_MARK, APLOG_DEBUG, 0, r,
+                              "proxy: *: found reverse proxy worker for %s",
+                              *url);
                 *worker = conf->reverse;
                 access_status = OK;
             }
-        }
+	}
     }
     else if (access_status == DECLINED && *balancer != NULL) {
         /* All the workers are busy */