diff --git a/actix-web/CHANGES.md b/actix-web/CHANGES.md
index 98cf54ac3..bb0844e05 100644
--- a/actix-web/CHANGES.md
+++ b/actix-web/CHANGES.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 ### Added
 
-- Add `HttpRequest::full_uri()` method to get the full uri of an incoming request.
+- Add `HttpRequest::full_url()` method to get the complete URL of the request.
 
 ### Fixed
 
diff --git a/actix-web/src/request.rs b/actix-web/src/request.rs
index 22841746d..47b3e3d88 100644
--- a/actix-web/src/request.rs
+++ b/actix-web/src/request.rs
@@ -91,16 +91,33 @@ impl HttpRequest {
         &self.head().uri
     }
 
-    /// Request's full uri (scheme + host + origin).
-    #[inline]
-    pub fn full_uri(&self) -> Uri {
-        let uri: Uri = Uri::builder()
-            .scheme(self.connection_info().scheme())
-            .authority(self.connection_info().host())
-            .path_and_query(self.uri().to_string())
-            .build()
-            .unwrap();
-        uri
+    /// Returns request's original full URL.
+    ///
+    /// Reconstructed URL is best-effort, using [`connection_info`](HttpRequest::connection_info())
+    /// to get forwarded scheme & host.
+    ///
+    /// ```
+    /// use actix_web::test::TestRequest;
+    /// let req = TestRequest::with_uri("http://10.1.2.3:8443/api?id=4&name=foo")
+    ///     .insert_header(("host", "example.com"))
+    ///     .to_http_request();
+    ///
+    /// assert_eq!(
+    ///     req.full_url().as_str(),
+    ///     "http://example.com/api?id=4&name=foo",
+    /// );
+    /// ```
+    pub fn full_url(&self) -> url::Url {
+        let info = self.connection_info();
+        let scheme = info.scheme();
+        let host = info.host();
+        let path_and_query = self
+            .uri()
+            .path_and_query()
+            .map(|paq| paq.as_str())
+            .unwrap_or("/");
+
+        url::Url::parse(&format!("{scheme}://{host}{path_and_query}")).unwrap()
     }
 
     /// Read the Request method.
@@ -977,9 +994,25 @@ mod tests {
     }
 
     #[test]
-    fn check_full_uri() {
+    fn check_full_url() {
         let req = TestRequest::with_uri("/api?id=4&name=foo").to_http_request();
+        assert_eq!(
+            req.full_url().as_str(),
+            "http://localhost:8080/api?id=4&name=foo",
+        );
 
-        assert_eq!(req.full_uri(), "http://localhost:8080/api?id=4&name=foo");
+        let req = TestRequest::with_uri("https://example.com/api?id=4&name=foo").to_http_request();
+        assert_eq!(
+            req.full_url().as_str(),
+            "https://example.com/api?id=4&name=foo",
+        );
+
+        let req = TestRequest::with_uri("http://10.1.2.3:8443/api?id=4&name=foo")
+            .insert_header(("host", "example.com"))
+            .to_http_request();
+        assert_eq!(
+            req.full_url().as_str(),
+            "http://example.com/api?id=4&name=foo",
+        );
     }
 }