diff --git a/kong/plugins/httplog/log.lua b/kong/plugins/httplog/log.lua
index f93a591091..e2d63a025a 100644
--- a/kong/plugins/httplog/log.lua
+++ b/kong/plugins/httplog/log.lua
@@ -15,9 +15,9 @@ local function generate_post_payload(method, parsed_url, message)
   return payload
 end
 
--- Parse host url  .
+-- Parse host url
 -- @param `url`  host url     
--- @return a table with host details like domain name, port, path etc
+-- @return `parsed_url`  a table with host details like domain name, port, path etc
 local function parse_url(host_url)
   local parsed_url = url.parse(host_url)
   if not parsed_url.port then
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@ local function parse_url(host_url)
       parsed_url.port = 443
      end
   end
+  if not parsed_url.path then
+    parsed_url.path = "/"
+  end
   return parsed_url
 end
 
diff --git a/spec/plugins/logging_spec.lua b/spec/plugins/logging_spec.lua
index d4adbfef53..36e852cecc 100644
--- a/spec/plugins/logging_spec.lua
+++ b/spec/plugins/logging_spec.lua
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ local TEST_CONF = "kong_TEST.yml"
 
 local TCP_PORT = 7777
 local UDP_PORT = 8888
+local HTTP_PORT = 8090
+local HTTPS_PORT = 443
 
 describe("Logging Plugins", function()
 
@@ -26,6 +28,7 @@ describe("Logging Plugins", function()
       plugin_configuration = {
         { name = "tcplog", value = { host = "127.0.0.1", port = 7777 }, __api = 1 },
         { name = "udplog", value = { host = "127.0.0.1", port = 8888 }, __api = 1 },
+        { name = "httplog", value = { http_endpoint = "http://localhost:8090", method = "POST"}, __api = 1 },
         { name = "filelog", value = {}, __api = 1 }
       }
     }
@@ -73,6 +76,41 @@ describe("Logging Plugins", function()
       assert.are.same("127.0.0.1", log_message.ip)
     end)
 
+    it("should log to Http", function()
+      local thread = spec_helper.start_http_server(HTTP_PORT) -- Starting the mock TCP server
+
+      -- Making the request
+      local _, status = http_client.get(STUB_GET_URL, nil, { host = "logging.com" })
+      assert.are.equal(200, status)
+
+      -- Getting back the TCP server input
+      local ok, res = thread:join()
+      assert.truthy(ok)
+      assert.truthy(res)
+
+      -- Making sure it's alright
+      assert.are.same("POST / HTTP/1.1", res[1])
+      local log_message = cjson.decode(res[7])
+      assert.are.same("127.0.0.1", log_message.ip)
+    end)
+
+    it("should log to Https", function()
+      local thread = spec_helper.start_http_server(HTTPS_PORT) -- Starting the mock TCP server
+
+      -- Making the request
+      local _, status = http_client.get(STUB_GET_URL, nil, { host = "logging.com" })
+      assert.are.equal(200, status)
+
+      -- Getting back the TCP server input
+      local ok, res = thread:join()
+      assert.truthy(ok)
+      assert.truthy(res)
+
+      -- Making sure it's alright
+      local log_message = cjson.decode(res[7])
+      assert.are.same("127.0.0.1", log_message.ip)
+    end)
+
     it("should log to file", function()
       local uuid = string.gsub(uuid(), "-", "")
 
diff --git a/spec/spec_helpers.lua b/spec/spec_helpers.lua
index 565a959592..efe7e85c17 100644
--- a/spec/spec_helpers.lua
+++ b/spec/spec_helpers.lua
@@ -100,6 +100,40 @@ function _M.start_tcp_server(port, ...)
   return thread
 end
 
+
+-- Starts a HTTP server
+-- @param `port`    The port where the server will be listening to
+-- @return `thread` A thread object
+function _M.start_http_server(port, ...)
+  local thread = Threads.new({
+    function(port)
+      local socket = require "socket"
+      local server = assert(socket.bind("*", port))
+      local client = server:accept()
+      local lines = {}
+      local count = 1
+      local line, err = nil, nil
+      while true do
+        line, err = client:receive()
+        if not err then
+          lines[count] = line
+          line = nil
+          if count == 7 then
+            client:send("ok" .. "\n")
+            break
+          end
+          count = count + 1;
+        end
+       end
+       client:close()
+       return lines
+      end;
+  }, port)
+
+  thread:start(...)
+  return thread
+end
+
 -- Starts a UDP server
 -- @param `port`    The port where the server will be listening to
 -- @return `thread` A thread object