diff --git a/etc/couchdb/local.ini b/etc/couchdb/local.ini
index 96fcdc7..7399f15 100644
--- a/etc/couchdb/local.ini
+++ b/etc/couchdb/local.ini
@@ -16,6 +16,16 @@
 [log]
 ;level = debug
 
+
+; To enable Virtual Hosts in CouchDB, add a vhost = path directive. All requests to
+; the Virual Host will be redirected to the path. In the example below all requests
+; to http://example.com/ are redirected to /database.
+; If you run CouchDB on a specific port, include the port number in the vhost:
+; example.com:5984 = /database
+
+[vhosts]
+;example.com = /database/
+
 [update_notification]
 ;unique notifier name=/full/path/to/exe -with "cmd line arg"
 
diff --git a/src/couchdb/couch_httpd.erl b/src/couchdb/couch_httpd.erl
index 6261600..ae7d6c0 100644
--- a/src/couchdb/couch_httpd.erl
+++ b/src/couchdb/couch_httpd.erl
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 -module(couch_httpd).
 -include("couch_db.hrl").
 
--export([start_link/0, stop/0, handle_request/5]).
+-export([start_link/0, stop/0, handle_request/6]).
 
 -export([header_value/2,header_value/3,qs_value/2,qs_value/3,qs/1,path/1,absolute_uri/2,body_length/1]).
 -export([verify_is_server_admin/1,unquote/1,quote/1,recv/2,recv_chunked/4,error_info/1]).
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 -export([start_json_response/2, start_json_response/3, end_json_response/1]).
 -export([send_response/4,send_method_not_allowed/2,send_error/4, send_redirect/2,send_chunked_error/2]).
 -export([send_json/2,send_json/3,send_json/4,last_chunk/1,parse_multipart_request/3]).
--export([accepted_encodings/1]).
+-export([accepted_encodings/1,handle_request_int/5]).
 
 start_link() ->
     % read config and register for configuration changes
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ start_link() ->
 
     BindAddress = couch_config:get("httpd", "bind_address", any),
     Port = couch_config:get("httpd", "port", "5984"),
+    VirtualHosts = couch_config:get("vhosts"),
 
     DefaultSpec = "{couch_httpd_db, handle_request}",
     DefaultFun = make_arity_1_fun(
@@ -61,7 +62,8 @@ start_link() ->
     DesignUrlHandlers = dict:from_list(DesignUrlHandlersList),
     Loop = fun(Req)->
         apply(?MODULE, handle_request, [
-            Req, DefaultFun, UrlHandlers, DbUrlHandlers, DesignUrlHandlers
+            Req, DefaultFun, UrlHandlers, DbUrlHandlers, DesignUrlHandlers,
+                VirtualHosts
         ])
     end,
 
@@ -89,6 +91,8 @@ start_link() ->
         ("httpd_global_handlers", _) ->
             ?MODULE:stop();
         ("httpd_db_handlers", _) ->
+            ?MODULE:stop();
+        ("vhosts", _) ->
             ?MODULE:stop()
         end, Pid),
 
@@ -127,9 +131,46 @@ make_fun_spec_strs(SpecStr) ->
 stop() ->
     mochiweb_http:stop(?MODULE).
 
+%%
+
+% if there's a vhost definition that matches the request, redirect internally
+redirect_to_vhost(MochiReq, DefaultFun,
+    UrlHandlers, DbUrlHandlers, DesignUrlHandlers, VhostTarget) ->
+
+    Path = MochiReq:get(path),
+    Target = VhostTarget ++ Path,
+    ?LOG_DEBUG("Vhost Target: '~p'~n", [Target]),
+    % build a new mochiweb request
+    MochiReq1 = mochiweb_request:new(MochiReq:get(socket),
+                                      MochiReq:get(method),
+                                      Target,
+                                      MochiReq:get(version),
+                                      MochiReq:get(headers)),
+    % cleanup, It force mochiweb to reparse raw uri.
+    MochiReq1:cleanup(),
+
+    handle_request_int(MochiReq1, DefaultFun,
+        UrlHandlers, DbUrlHandlers, DesignUrlHandlers).
 
 handle_request(MochiReq, DefaultFun,
-        UrlHandlers, DbUrlHandlers, DesignUrlHandlers) ->
+    UrlHandlers, DbUrlHandlers, DesignUrlHandlers, VirtualHosts) ->
+
+    % grab Host from Req
+    Vhost = MochiReq:get_header_value("Host"),
+
+    % find Vhost in config
+    case proplists:get_value(Vhost, VirtualHosts) of
+        undefined -> % business as usual
+            handle_request_int(MochiReq, DefaultFun,
+                    UrlHandlers, DbUrlHandlers, DesignUrlHandlers);
+        VhostTarget ->
+            redirect_to_vhost(MochiReq, DefaultFun,
+                UrlHandlers, DbUrlHandlers, DesignUrlHandlers, VhostTarget)
+    end.
+
+
+handle_request_int(MochiReq, DefaultFun,
+            UrlHandlers, DbUrlHandlers, DesignUrlHandlers) ->
     Begin = now(),
     AuthenticationSrcs = make_fun_spec_strs(
             couch_config:get("httpd", "authentication_handlers")),
diff --git a/src/couchdb/couch_httpd_misc_handlers.erl b/src/couchdb/couch_httpd_misc_handlers.erl
index 2d67b32..a854330 100644
--- a/src/couchdb/couch_httpd_misc_handlers.erl
+++ b/src/couchdb/couch_httpd_misc_handlers.erl
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ handle_favicon_req(#httpd{method='GET'}=Req, DocumentRoot) ->
         {"Expires", httpd_util:rfc1123_date(OneYearFromNow)}
     ],
     couch_httpd:serve_file(Req, "favicon.ico", DocumentRoot, CachingHeaders);
+
 handle_favicon_req(Req, _) ->
     send_method_not_allowed(Req, "GET,HEAD").
 
diff --git a/src/couchdb/couch_httpd_rewrite.erl b/src/couchdb/couch_httpd_rewrite.erl
index 72ec954..7946809 100644
--- a/src/couchdb/couch_httpd_rewrite.erl
+++ b/src/couchdb/couch_httpd_rewrite.erl
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ handle_rewrite_req(#httpd{
                 url_handlers = UrlHandlers
             } = Req,
             
-            couch_httpd:handle_request(MochiReq1, DefaultFun, 
+            couch_httpd:handle_request_int(MochiReq1, DefaultFun,
                     UrlHandlers, DbUrlHandlers, DesignUrlHandlers)
         end.
             
diff --git a/test/etap/160-vhosts.t b/test/etap/160-vhosts.t
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..fa61cab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/etap/160-vhosts.t
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env escript
+%% -*- erlang -*-
+
+% Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not
+% use this file except in compliance with the License.  You may obtain a copy of
+% the License at
+%
+%   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+%
+% Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+% distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+% WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.  See the
+% License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under
+% the License.
+
+%% XXX: Figure out how to -include("couch_rep.hrl")
+-record(http_db, {
+    url,
+    auth = [],
+    resource = "",
+    headers = [
+        {"User-Agent", "CouchDB/"++couch_server:get_version()},
+        {"Accept", "application/json"},
+        {"Accept-Encoding", "gzip"}
+    ],
+    qs = [],
+    method = get,
+    body = nil,
+    options = [
+        {response_format,binary},
+        {inactivity_timeout, 30000}
+    ],
+    retries = 10,
+    pause = 1,
+    conn = nil
+}).
+
+server() -> "http://127.0.0.1:5984/".
+dbname() -> "etap-test-db".
+
+config_files() ->
+    lists:map(fun test_util:build_file/1, [
+        "etc/couchdb/default_dev.ini",
+        "etc/couchdb/local_dev.ini"
+    ]).
+
+main(_) ->
+    test_util:init_code_path(),
+
+    etap:plan(2),
+    case (catch test()) of
+        ok ->
+            etap:end_tests();
+        Other ->
+            etap:diag(io_lib:format("Test died abnormally: ~p", [Other])),
+            etap:bail(Other)
+    end,
+    ok.
+
+test() ->
+    couch_server_sup:start_link(config_files()),
+    ibrowse:start(),
+    crypto:start(),
+
+    couch_server:delete(list_to_binary(dbname()), []),
+    {ok, Db} = couch_db:create(list_to_binary(dbname()), []),
+
+    %% end boilerplate, start test
+
+    couch_config:set("vhosts", "example.com", "/etap-test-db", false),
+    test_regular_request(),
+    test_vhost_request(),
+
+    %% restart boilerplate
+    couch_db:close(Db),
+    couch_server:delete(list_to_binary(dbname()), []),
+    ok.
+
+test_regular_request() ->
+    case ibrowse:send_req(server(), [], get, []) of
+        {ok, _, _, Body} ->
+            {[{<<"couchdb">>, <<"Welcome">>},
+              {<<"version">>,_}
+            ]} = couch_util:json_decode(Body),
+            etap:is(true, true, "should return server info");
+        _Else -> false
+    end.
+
+test_vhost_request() ->
+    case ibrowse:send_req(server(), [], get, [], [{host_header, "example.com"}]) of
+        {ok, _, _, Body} ->
+            {[{<<"db_name">>, <<"etap-test-db">>},_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_]}
+                = couch_util:json_decode(Body),
+            etap:is(true, true, "should return database info");
+        _Else -> false
+    end.
