Index: src/protocol/http/org/apache/jmeter/protocol/http/sampler/HTTPHC4Impl.java
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--- src/protocol/http/org/apache/jmeter/protocol/http/sampler/HTTPHC4Impl.java	(Revision 1848778)
+++ src/protocol/http/org/apache/jmeter/protocol/http/sampler/HTTPHC4Impl.java	(Arbeitskopie)
@@ -123,6 +123,7 @@
 import org.apache.http.impl.conn.PoolingHttpClientConnectionManager;
 import org.apache.http.impl.conn.SystemDefaultDnsResolver;
 import org.apache.http.impl.cookie.IgnoreSpecProvider;
+import org.apache.http.message.BasicHttpRequest;
 import org.apache.http.message.BasicNameValuePair;
 import org.apache.http.message.BufferedHeader;
 import org.apache.http.protocol.BasicHttpContext;
@@ -381,6 +382,16 @@
 
     // see  https://stackoverflow.com/questions/26166469/measure-bandwidth-usage-with-apache-httpcomponents-httpclient
     private static final HttpRequestExecutor REQUEST_EXECUTOR = new HttpRequestExecutor() {
+
+        @Override
+        public void preProcess(HttpRequest request, org.apache.http.protocol.HttpProcessor processor, HttpContext context) throws HttpException ,IOException {
+            Object savedRequest = context.getAttribute(HttpCoreContext.HTTP_REQUEST);
+            super.preProcess(request, processor, context);
+            if ("CONNECT".equals(request.getRequestLine().getMethod())) {
+                log.debug("Swap in orig http request: {} for {}", savedRequest, request);
+                context.setAttribute(HttpCoreContext.HTTP_REQUEST, savedRequest);
+            }
+        };
 
         @Override
         protected HttpResponse doSendRequest(