// and the path will end up in req.URL.Path, where it needs to be in order for
	// RPC to work.
	justAuthority := req.Method == "CONNECT" && !strings.HasPrefix(rawurl, "/")
	if justAuthority {
		rawurl = "http://" + rawurl
	}

	if req.URL, err = url.ParseRequestURI(rawurl); err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}

	if justAuthority {
		// Strip the bogus "http://" back off.
		req.URL.Scheme = ""
	}