diff --git a/include/net/http_client.h b/include/net/http_client.h
index ed7850d23d0..7e29a415243 100644
--- a/include/net/http_client.h
+++ b/include/net/http_client.h
@@ -227,6 +227,9 @@ struct http_request {
 	/** Hostname to be used in the request */
 	const char *host;
 
+	/** Port number to be used in the request */
+	const char *port;
+
 	/** User supplied callback function to call when payload
 	 * needs to be sent. This can be NULL in which case the payload field
 	 * in http_request is used. The idea of this payload callback is to
diff --git a/subsys/net/lib/http/http_client.c b/subsys/net/lib/http/http_client.c
index 0a723505908..9db3478e7f3 100644
--- a/subsys/net/lib/http/http_client.c
+++ b/subsys/net/lib/http/http_client.c
@@ -504,13 +504,27 @@ int http_client_req(int sock, struct http_request *req,
 
 	total_sent += ret;
 
-	ret = http_send_data(sock, send_buf, send_buf_max_len, &send_buf_pos,
-			     "Host", ": ", req->host, HTTP_CRLF, NULL);
-	if (ret < 0) {
-		goto out;
-	}
+	if (req->port) {
+		ret = http_send_data(sock, send_buf, send_buf_max_len,
+				     &send_buf_pos, "Host", ": ", req->host,
+				     ":", req->port, HTTP_CRLF, NULL);
 
-	total_sent += ret;
+		if (ret < 0) {
+			goto out;
+		}
+
+		total_sent += ret;
+	} else {
+		ret = http_send_data(sock, send_buf, send_buf_max_len,
+				     &send_buf_pos, "Host", ": ", req->host,
+				     HTTP_CRLF, NULL);
+
+		if (ret < 0) {
+			goto out;
+		}
+
+		total_sent += ret;
+	}
 
 	if (req->optional_headers_cb) {
 		ret = http_flush_data(sock, send_buf, send_buf_pos);