diff --git a/src/http/modules/ngx_http_fastcgi_module.c b/src/http/modules/ngx_http_fastcgi_module.c
index fb2578b..36c59ce 100644
--- a/src/http/modules/ngx_http_fastcgi_module.c
+++ b/src/http/modules/ngx_http_fastcgi_module.c
@@ -443,6 +443,8 @@
         return NGX_HTTP_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR;
     }
 
+    u->schema = flcf->upstream.schema;
+
     u->peer.log = r->connection->log;
     u->peer.log_error = NGX_ERROR_ERR;
 #if (NGX_THREADS)
@@ -2171,8 +2173,6 @@
 
     clcf->handler = ngx_http_fastcgi_handler;
 
-    lcf->upstream.location = clcf->name;
-
     if (clcf->name.data[clcf->name.len - 1] == '/') {
         clcf->auto_redirect = 1;
     }
diff --git a/src/http/modules/ngx_http_memcached_module.c b/src/http/modules/ngx_http_memcached_module.c
index 6a2cecd..dbca81a 100644
--- a/src/http/modules/ngx_http_memcached_module.c
+++ b/src/http/modules/ngx_http_memcached_module.c
@@ -184,6 +184,8 @@
         return NGX_HTTP_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR;
     }
 
+    u->schema = mlcf->upstream.schema;
+
     u->peer.log = r->connection->log;
     u->peer.log_error = NGX_ERROR_ERR;
 #if (NGX_THREADS)
@@ -616,8 +618,6 @@
 
     clcf->handler = ngx_http_memcached_handler;
 
-    lcf->upstream.location = clcf->name;
-
     if (clcf->name.data[clcf->name.len - 1] == '/') {
         clcf->auto_redirect = 1;
     }
diff --git a/src/http/modules/ngx_http_proxy_module.c b/src/http/modules/ngx_http_proxy_module.c
index 9eae903..c33c2d4 100644
--- a/src/http/modules/ngx_http_proxy_module.c
+++ b/src/http/modules/ngx_http_proxy_module.c
@@ -33,6 +33,13 @@
 
 
 typedef struct {
+    ngx_str_t                      host_header;
+    ngx_str_t                      port;
+    ngx_str_t                      uri;
+} ngx_http_proxy_vars_t;
+
+
+typedef struct {
     ngx_http_upstream_conf_t       upstream;
 
     ngx_array_t                   *flushes;
@@ -45,13 +52,18 @@
     ngx_array_t                   *headers_source;
     ngx_array_t                   *headers_names;
 
+    ngx_array_t                   *proxy_lengths;
+    ngx_array_t                   *proxy_values;
+
     ngx_array_t                   *redirects;
 
     ngx_str_t                      body_source;
 
     ngx_str_t                      method;
-    ngx_str_t                      host_header;
-    ngx_str_t                      port;
+    ngx_str_t                      location;
+    ngx_str_t                      url;
+
+    ngx_http_proxy_vars_t          vars;
 
     ngx_flag_t                     redirect;
 
@@ -66,6 +78,8 @@
     u_char                        *status_start;
     u_char                        *status_end;
 
+    ngx_http_proxy_vars_t          vars;
+
     size_t                         internal_body_length;
 } ngx_http_proxy_ctx_t;
 
@@ -73,11 +87,13 @@
 #define NGX_HTTP_PROXY_PARSE_NO_HEADER  20
 
 
+static ngx_int_t ngx_http_proxy_eval(ngx_http_request_t *r,
+    ngx_http_proxy_ctx_t *ctx, ngx_http_proxy_loc_conf_t *plcf);
 static ngx_int_t ngx_http_proxy_create_request(ngx_http_request_t *r);
 static ngx_int_t ngx_http_proxy_reinit_request(ngx_http_request_t *r);
 static ngx_int_t ngx_http_proxy_process_status_line(ngx_http_request_t *r);
 static ngx_int_t ngx_http_proxy_parse_status_line(ngx_http_request_t *r,
-    ngx_http_proxy_ctx_t *p);
+    ngx_http_proxy_ctx_t *ctx);
 static ngx_int_t ngx_http_proxy_process_header(ngx_http_request_t *r);
 static void ngx_http_proxy_abort_request(ngx_http_request_t *r);
 static void ngx_http_proxy_finalize_request(ngx_http_request_t *r,
@@ -115,6 +131,13 @@
 static char *ngx_http_proxy_upstream_fail_timeout_unsupported(ngx_conf_t *cf,
     ngx_command_t *cmd, void *conf);
 
+#if (NGX_HTTP_SSL)
+static ngx_int_t ngx_http_proxy_set_ssl(ngx_conf_t *cf,
+    ngx_http_proxy_loc_conf_t *plcf);
+#endif
+static ngx_int_t ngx_http_proxy_set_vars(ngx_pool_t *pool, ngx_url_t *u,
+    ngx_http_proxy_vars_t *v);
+
 
 static ngx_conf_post_t  ngx_http_proxy_lowat_post =
     { ngx_http_proxy_lowat_check };
@@ -444,15 +467,38 @@
 {
     ngx_int_t                   rc;
     ngx_http_upstream_t        *u;
+    ngx_http_proxy_ctx_t       *ctx;
     ngx_http_proxy_loc_conf_t  *plcf;
 
-    plcf = ngx_http_get_module_loc_conf(r, ngx_http_proxy_module);
-
     u = ngx_pcalloc(r->pool, sizeof(ngx_http_upstream_t));
     if (u == NULL) {
         return NGX_HTTP_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR;
     }
 
+    r->upstream = u;
+
+    ctx = ngx_pcalloc(r->pool, sizeof(ngx_http_proxy_ctx_t));
+    if (ctx == NULL) {
+        return NGX_ERROR;
+    }
+
+    ngx_http_set_ctx(r, ctx, ngx_http_proxy_module);
+
+    plcf = ngx_http_get_module_loc_conf(r, ngx_http_proxy_module);
+
+    if (plcf->proxy_lengths == 0) {
+        ctx->vars = plcf->vars;
+        u->schema = plcf->upstream.schema;
+#if (NGX_HTTP_SSL)
+        u->ssl = (plcf->upstream.ssl != NULL);
+#endif
+
+    } else {
+        if (ngx_http_proxy_eval(r, ctx, plcf) != NGX_OK) {
+            return NGX_HTTP_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR;
+        }
+    }
+
     u->peer.log = r->connection->log;
     u->peer.log_error = NGX_ERROR_ERR;
 #if (NGX_THREADS)
@@ -484,8 +530,6 @@
 
     u->accel = 1;
 
-    r->upstream = u;
-
     rc = ngx_http_read_client_request_body(r, ngx_http_upstream_init);
 
     if (rc >= NGX_HTTP_SPECIAL_RESPONSE) {
@@ -497,6 +541,81 @@
 
 
 static ngx_int_t
+ngx_http_proxy_eval(ngx_http_request_t *r, ngx_http_proxy_ctx_t *ctx,
+    ngx_http_proxy_loc_conf_t *plcf)
+{
+    size_t     add;
+    u_short    port;
+    ngx_str_t  proxy;
+    ngx_url_t  u;
+
+    if (ngx_http_script_run(r, &proxy, plcf->proxy_lengths->elts, 0,
+                            plcf->proxy_values->elts)
+        == NULL)
+    {
+        return NGX_ERROR;
+    }
+
+    if (ngx_strncasecmp(proxy.data, (u_char *) "http://", 7) == 0) {
+
+        add = 7;
+        port = 80;
+
+#if (NGX_HTTP_SSL)
+
+    } else if (ngx_strncasecmp(proxy.data, (u_char *) "https://", 8) == 0) {
+
+        add = 8;
+        port = 443;
+        r->upstream->ssl = 1;
+
+#endif
+
+    } else {
+        ngx_log_error(NGX_LOG_ERR, r->connection->log, 0,
+                      "invalid URL prefix in \"%V\"", &proxy);
+        return NGX_ERROR;
+    }
+
+    r->upstream->schema.len = add;
+    r->upstream->schema.data = proxy.data;
+
+    ngx_memzero(&u, sizeof(ngx_url_t));
+
+    u.url.len = proxy.len - add;
+    u.url.data = proxy.data + add;
+    u.default_port = port;
+    u.uri_part = 1;
+    u.no_resolve = 1;
+
+    if (ngx_parse_url(r->pool, &u) != NGX_OK) {
+        if (u.err) {
+            ngx_log_error(NGX_LOG_ERR, r->connection->log, 0,
+                          "%s in upstream \"%V\"", u.err, &u.url);
+        }
+
+        return NGX_ERROR;
+    }
+
+    if (ngx_http_proxy_set_vars(r->pool, &u, &ctx->vars) != NGX_OK) {
+        return NGX_ERROR;
+    }
+
+    r->upstream->resolved = ngx_pcalloc(r->pool,
+                                        sizeof(ngx_http_upstream_resolved_t));
+    if (r->upstream->resolved == NULL) {
+        return NGX_ERROR;
+    }
+
+    r->upstream->resolved->host = u.host;
+    r->upstream->resolved->port = (in_port_t) (u.no_port ? u.default_port:
+                                                           u.port);
+
+    return NGX_OK;
+}
+
+
+static ngx_int_t
 ngx_http_proxy_create_request(ngx_http_request_t *r)
 {
     size_t                        len, loc_len, body_len;
@@ -508,7 +627,7 @@
     ngx_list_part_t              *part;
     ngx_table_elt_t              *header;
     ngx_http_upstream_t          *u;
-    ngx_http_proxy_ctx_t         *p;
+    ngx_http_proxy_ctx_t         *ctx;
     ngx_http_script_code_pt       code;
     ngx_http_script_engine_t      e, le;
     ngx_http_proxy_loc_conf_t    *plcf;
@@ -518,13 +637,6 @@
 
     plcf = ngx_http_get_module_loc_conf(r, ngx_http_proxy_module);
 
-    p = ngx_pcalloc(r->pool, sizeof(ngx_http_proxy_ctx_t));
-    if (p == NULL) {
-        return NGX_HTTP_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR;
-    }
-
-    ngx_http_set_ctx(r, p, ngx_http_proxy_module);
-
     len = sizeof(ngx_http_proxy_version) - 1 + sizeof(CRLF) - 1;
 
     if (u->method.len) {
@@ -540,19 +652,24 @@
         method.len++;
     }
 
-    len += method.len + u->conf->uri.len;
-
     escape = 0;
+    loc_len = 0;
+    unparsed_uri = 0;
 
-    loc_len = (r->valid_location && u->conf->uri.len) ? u->conf->location.len:
-                                                        0;
+    ctx = ngx_http_get_module_ctx(r, ngx_http_proxy_module);
 
-    if (u->conf->uri.len == 0 && r->valid_unparsed_uri && r == r->main) {
+    if (plcf->proxy_lengths) {
+        len += method.len + ctx->vars.uri.len;
+
+    } else if (ctx->vars.uri.len == 0 && r->valid_unparsed_uri && r == r->main)
+    {
         unparsed_uri = 1;
-        len += r->unparsed_uri.len;
+        len += method.len + r->unparsed_uri.len;
 
     } else {
-        unparsed_uri = 0;
+        loc_len = (r->valid_location && ctx->vars.uri.len) ?
+                      plcf->location.len : 0;
+
         if (r->quoted_uri || r->internal) {
             escape = 2 * ngx_escape_uri(NULL, r->uri.data + loc_len,
                                         r->uri.len - loc_len, NGX_ESCAPE_URI);
@@ -574,7 +691,7 @@
             body_len += lcode(&le);
         }
 
-        p->internal_body_length = body_len;
+        ctx->internal_body_length = body_len;
         len += body_len;
     }
 
@@ -638,12 +755,15 @@
 
     u->uri.data = b->last;
 
-    if (unparsed_uri) {
+    if (plcf->proxy_lengths) {
+        b->last = ngx_copy(b->last, ctx->vars.uri.data, ctx->vars.uri.len);
+
+    } else if (unparsed_uri) {
         b->last = ngx_copy(b->last, r->unparsed_uri.data, r->unparsed_uri.len);
 
     } else {
         if (r->valid_location) {
-            b->last = ngx_copy(b->last, u->conf->uri.data, u->conf->uri.len);
+            b->last = ngx_copy(b->last, ctx->vars.uri.data, ctx->vars.uri.len);
         }
 
         if (escape) {
@@ -809,18 +929,18 @@
 static ngx_int_t
 ngx_http_proxy_reinit_request(ngx_http_request_t *r)
 {
-    ngx_http_proxy_ctx_t  *p;
+    ngx_http_proxy_ctx_t  *ctx;
 
-    p = ngx_http_get_module_ctx(r, ngx_http_proxy_module);
+    ctx = ngx_http_get_module_ctx(r, ngx_http_proxy_module);
 
-    if (p == NULL) {
+    if (ctx == NULL) {
         return NGX_OK;
     }
 
-    p->status = 0;
-    p->status_count = 0;
-    p->status_start = NULL;
-    p->status_end = NULL;
+    ctx->status = 0;
+    ctx->status_count = 0;
+    ctx->status_start = NULL;
+    ctx->status_end = NULL;
 
     r->upstream->process_header = ngx_http_proxy_process_status_line;
 
@@ -833,15 +953,15 @@
 {
     ngx_int_t              rc;
     ngx_http_upstream_t   *u;
-    ngx_http_proxy_ctx_t  *p;
+    ngx_http_proxy_ctx_t  *ctx;
 
-    p = ngx_http_get_module_ctx(r, ngx_http_proxy_module);
+    ctx = ngx_http_get_module_ctx(r, ngx_http_proxy_module);
 
-    if (p == NULL) {
+    if (ctx == NULL) {
         return NGX_HTTP_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR;
     }
 
-    rc = ngx_http_proxy_parse_status_line(r, p);
+    rc = ngx_http_proxy_parse_status_line(r, ctx);
 
     if (rc == NGX_AGAIN) {
         return rc;
@@ -866,17 +986,17 @@
         return NGX_OK;
     }
 
-    u->headers_in.status_n = p->status;
-    u->state->status = p->status;
+    u->headers_in.status_n = ctx->status;
+    u->state->status = ctx->status;
 
-    u->headers_in.status_line.len = p->status_end - p->status_start;
+    u->headers_in.status_line.len = ctx->status_end - ctx->status_start;
     u->headers_in.status_line.data = ngx_palloc(r->pool,
                                                 u->headers_in.status_line.len);
     if (u->headers_in.status_line.data == NULL) {
         return NGX_HTTP_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR;
     }
 
-    ngx_memcpy(u->headers_in.status_line.data, p->status_start,
+    ngx_memcpy(u->headers_in.status_line.data, ctx->status_start,
                u->headers_in.status_line.len);
 
     ngx_log_debug2(NGX_LOG_DEBUG_HTTP, r->connection->log, 0,
@@ -890,10 +1010,11 @@
 
 
 static ngx_int_t
-ngx_http_proxy_parse_status_line(ngx_http_request_t *r, ngx_http_proxy_ctx_t *p)
+ngx_http_proxy_parse_status_line(ngx_http_request_t *r,
+    ngx_http_proxy_ctx_t *ctx)
 {
     u_char                ch;
-    u_char               *pos;
+    u_char               *p;
     ngx_http_upstream_t  *u;
     enum  {
         sw_start = 0,
@@ -915,8 +1036,8 @@
 
     state = r->state;
 
-    for (pos = u->buffer.pos; pos < u->buffer.last; pos++) {
-        ch = *pos;
+    for (p = u->buffer.pos; p < u->buffer.last; p++) {
+        ch = *p;
 
         switch (state) {
 
@@ -1025,11 +1146,11 @@
                 return NGX_HTTP_PROXY_PARSE_NO_HEADER;
             }
 
-            p->status = p->status * 10 + ch - '0';
+            ctx->status = ctx->status * 10 + ch - '0';
 
-            if (++p->status_count == 3) {
+            if (++ctx->status_count == 3) {
                 state = sw_space_after_status;
-                p->status_start = pos - 2;
+                ctx->status_start = p - 2;
             }
 
             break;
@@ -1067,7 +1188,7 @@
 
         /* end of status line */
         case sw_almost_done:
-            p->status_end = pos - 1;
+            ctx->status_end = p - 1;
             switch (ch) {
             case LF:
                 goto done;
@@ -1077,17 +1198,17 @@
         }
     }
 
-    u->buffer.pos = pos;
+    u->buffer.pos = p;
     r->state = state;
 
     return NGX_AGAIN;
 
 done:
 
-    u->buffer.pos = pos + 1;
+    u->buffer.pos = p + 1;
 
-    if (p->status_end == NULL) {
-        p->status_end = pos;
+    if (ctx->status_end == NULL) {
+        ctx->status_end = p;
     }
 
     r->state = sw_start;
@@ -1244,15 +1365,20 @@
 ngx_http_proxy_host_variable(ngx_http_request_t *r,
     ngx_http_variable_value_t *v, uintptr_t data)
 {
-    ngx_http_proxy_loc_conf_t  *plcf;
+    ngx_http_proxy_ctx_t  *ctx;
 
-    plcf = ngx_http_get_module_loc_conf(r, ngx_http_proxy_module);
+    ctx = ngx_http_get_module_ctx(r, ngx_http_proxy_module);
 
-    v->len = plcf->host_header.len;
+    if (ctx == NULL) {
+        v->not_found = 1;
+        return NGX_OK;
+    }
+
+    v->len = ctx->vars.host_header.len;
     v->valid = 1;
     v->no_cacheable = 0;
     v->not_found = 0;
-    v->data = plcf->host_header.data;
+    v->data = ctx->vars.host_header.data;
 
     return NGX_OK;
 }
@@ -1262,15 +1388,20 @@
 ngx_http_proxy_port_variable(ngx_http_request_t *r,
     ngx_http_variable_value_t *v, uintptr_t data)
 {
-    ngx_http_proxy_loc_conf_t  *plcf;
+    ngx_http_proxy_ctx_t  *ctx;
 
-    plcf = ngx_http_get_module_loc_conf(r, ngx_http_proxy_module);
+    ctx = ngx_http_get_module_ctx(r, ngx_http_proxy_module);
 
-    v->len = plcf->port.len;
+    if (ctx == NULL) {
+        v->not_found = 1;
+        return NGX_OK;
+    }
+
+    v->len = ctx->vars.port.len;
     v->valid = 1;
     v->no_cacheable = 0;
     v->not_found = 0;
-    v->data = plcf->port.data;
+    v->data = ctx->vars.port.data;
 
     return NGX_OK;
 }
@@ -1317,11 +1448,11 @@
 ngx_http_proxy_internal_body_length_variable(ngx_http_request_t *r,
     ngx_http_variable_value_t *v, uintptr_t data)
 {
-    ngx_http_proxy_ctx_t  *p;
+    ngx_http_proxy_ctx_t  *ctx;
 
-    p = ngx_http_get_module_ctx(r, ngx_http_proxy_module);
+    ctx = ngx_http_get_module_ctx(r, ngx_http_proxy_module);
 
-    if (p == NULL) {
+    if (ctx == NULL) {
         v->not_found = 1;
         return NGX_OK;
     }
@@ -1336,7 +1467,7 @@
         return NGX_ERROR;
     }
 
-    v->len = ngx_sprintf(v->data, "%uz", p->internal_body_length) - v->data;
+    v->len = ngx_sprintf(v->data, "%uz", ctx->internal_body_length) - v->data;
 
     return NGX_OK;
 }
@@ -1740,7 +1871,7 @@
             conf->redirects = prev->redirects;
         }
 
-        if (conf->redirects == NULL && conf->upstream.url.data) {
+        if (conf->redirects == NULL && conf->url.data) {
 
             conf->redirects = ngx_array_create(cf->pool, 1,
                                             sizeof(ngx_http_proxy_redirect_t));
@@ -1754,10 +1885,10 @@
             }
 
             pr->handler = ngx_http_proxy_rewrite_redirect_text;
-            pr->redirect = conf->upstream.url;
+            pr->redirect = conf->url;
 
-            if (conf->upstream.uri.len) {
-                pr->replacement.text = conf->upstream.location;
+            if (conf->vars.uri.len) {
+                pr->replacement.text = conf->location;
 
             } else {
                 pr->replacement.text.len = 0;
@@ -1766,6 +1897,12 @@
         }
     }
 
+    /* STUB */
+    if (prev->proxy_lengths) {
+        conf->proxy_lengths = prev->proxy_lengths;
+        conf->proxy_values = prev->proxy_values;
+    }
+
     ngx_conf_merge_uint_value(conf->headers_hash_max_size,
                               prev->headers_hash_max_size, 512);
 
@@ -1879,8 +2016,7 @@
     if (conf->upstream.upstream == NULL) {
         conf->upstream.upstream = prev->upstream.upstream;
 
-        conf->host_header = prev->host_header;
-        conf->port = prev->port;
+        conf->vars = prev->vars;
         conf->upstream.schema = prev->upstream.schema;
     }
 
@@ -2156,24 +2292,53 @@
 {
     ngx_http_proxy_loc_conf_t *plcf = conf;
 
-    u_char                    *p;
-    size_t                     add;
-    u_short                    port;
-    ngx_str_t                 *value, *url;
-    ngx_url_t                  u;
-    ngx_http_core_loc_conf_t  *clcf;
-#if (NGX_HTTP_SSL)
-    ngx_pool_cleanup_t        *cln;
-#endif
+    size_t                      add;
+    u_short                     port;
+    ngx_str_t                  *value, *url;
+    ngx_url_t                   u;
+    ngx_uint_t                  n;
+    ngx_http_core_loc_conf_t   *clcf;
+    ngx_http_script_compile_t   sc;
 
     if (plcf->upstream.schema.len) {
         return "is duplicate";
     }
 
+    clcf = ngx_http_conf_get_module_loc_conf(cf, ngx_http_core_module);
+
     value = cf->args->elts;
 
     url = &value[1];
 
+    n = ngx_http_script_variables_count(url);
+
+    if (n) {
+
+        ngx_memzero(&sc, sizeof(ngx_http_script_compile_t));
+
+        sc.cf = cf;
+        sc.source = url;
+        sc.lengths = &plcf->proxy_lengths;
+        sc.values = &plcf->proxy_values;
+        sc.variables = n;
+        sc.complete_lengths = 1;
+        sc.complete_values = 1;
+        
+        if (ngx_http_script_compile(&sc) != NGX_OK) {
+            return NGX_CONF_ERROR;
+        }
+
+#if (NGX_HTTP_SSL)
+        if (ngx_http_proxy_set_ssl(cf, plcf) != NGX_OK) {
+            return NGX_CONF_ERROR;
+        }
+#endif
+
+        clcf->handler = ngx_http_proxy_handler;
+
+        return NGX_CONF_OK;
+    }
+
     if (ngx_strncasecmp(url->data, (u_char *) "http://", 7) == 0) {
         add = 7;
         port = 80;
@@ -2181,32 +2346,12 @@
     } else if (ngx_strncasecmp(url->data, (u_char *) "https://", 8) == 0) {
 
 #if (NGX_HTTP_SSL)
+        if (ngx_http_proxy_set_ssl(cf, plcf) != NGX_OK) {
+            return NGX_CONF_ERROR;
+        }
 
         add = 8;
         port = 443;
-
-        plcf->upstream.ssl = ngx_pcalloc(cf->pool, sizeof(ngx_ssl_t));
-        if (plcf->upstream.ssl == NULL) {
-            return NGX_CONF_ERROR;
-        }
-
-        plcf->upstream.ssl->log = cf->log;
-
-        if (ngx_ssl_create(plcf->upstream.ssl,
-                           NGX_SSL_SSLv2|NGX_SSL_SSLv3|NGX_SSL_TLSv1, NULL)
-            != NGX_OK)
-        {
-            return NGX_CONF_ERROR;
-        }
-
-        cln = ngx_pool_cleanup_add(cf->pool, 0);
-        if (cln == NULL) {
-            return NGX_CONF_ERROR;
-        }
-
-        cln->handler = ngx_ssl_cleanup_ctx;
-        cln->data = plcf->upstream.ssl;
-
 #else
         ngx_conf_log_error(NGX_LOG_EMERG, cf, 0,
                            "https protocol requires SSL support");
@@ -2231,59 +2376,23 @@
         return NGX_CONF_ERROR;
     }
 
-    if (!u.unix_socket) {
-        if (u.no_port || u.port == port) {
-            plcf->host_header = u.host;
-
-            if (port == 80) {
-                plcf->port.len = sizeof("80") - 1;
-                plcf->port.data = (u_char *) "80";
-
-            } else {
-                plcf->port.len = sizeof("443") - 1;
-                plcf->port.data = (u_char *) "443";
-            }
-
-        } else {
-            p = ngx_palloc(cf->pool, u.host.len + sizeof(":65536") - 1);
-            if (p == NULL) {
-                return NGX_CONF_ERROR;
-            }
-
-            plcf->host_header.len = ngx_sprintf(p, "%V:%d", &u.host, u.port)
-                                        - p;
-            plcf->host_header.data = p;
-
-            plcf->port.len = plcf->host_header.len -  u.host.len - 1;
-            plcf->port.data = p + u.host.len + 1;
-        }
-
-
-    } else {
-        plcf->host_header.len = sizeof("localhost") - 1;
-        plcf->host_header.data = (u_char *) "localhost";
-        plcf->port.len = 0;
-        plcf->port.data = (u_char *) "";
+    if (ngx_http_proxy_set_vars(cf->pool, &u, &plcf->vars) != NGX_OK) {
+        return NGX_CONF_ERROR;
     }
 
-    plcf->upstream.uri = u.uri;
-
     plcf->upstream.schema.len = add;
     plcf->upstream.schema.data = url->data;
-
-    clcf = ngx_http_conf_get_module_loc_conf(cf, ngx_http_core_module);
+    plcf->location = clcf->name;
 
     clcf->handler = ngx_http_proxy_handler;
 
-    plcf->upstream.location = clcf->name;
-
     if (clcf->named
 #if (NGX_PCRE)
         || clcf->regex
 #endif
         || clcf->noname)
     {
-        if (plcf->upstream.uri.len) {
+        if (plcf->vars.uri.len) {
             ngx_conf_log_error(NGX_LOG_EMERG, cf, 0,
                                "\"proxy_pass\" may not have URI part in "
                                "location given by regular expression, "
@@ -2293,10 +2402,10 @@
             return NGX_CONF_ERROR;
         }
 
-        plcf->upstream.location.len = 0;
+        plcf->location.len = 0;
     }
 
-    plcf->upstream.url = *url;
+    plcf->url = *url;
 
     if (clcf->name.data[clcf->name.len - 1] == '/') {
         clcf->auto_redirect = 1;
@@ -2342,7 +2451,7 @@
     }
 
     if (cf->args->nelts == 2 && ngx_strcmp(value[1].data, "default") == 0) {
-        if (plcf->upstream.url.data == NULL) {
+        if (plcf->url.data == NULL) {
             ngx_conf_log_error(NGX_LOG_EMERG, cf, 0,
                                "\"proxy_rewrite_location default\" must go "
                                "after the \"proxy_pass\" directive");
@@ -2350,10 +2459,10 @@
         }
 
         pr->handler = ngx_http_proxy_rewrite_redirect_text;
-        pr->redirect = plcf->upstream.url;
+        pr->redirect = plcf->url;
 
-        if (plcf->upstream.uri.len) {
-            pr->replacement.text = plcf->upstream.location;
+        if (plcf->vars.uri.len) {
+            pr->replacement.text = plcf->location;
 
         } else {
             pr->replacement.text.len = 0;
@@ -2495,3 +2604,83 @@
 
     return NGX_CONF_ERROR;
 }
+
+
+#if (NGX_HTTP_SSL)
+
+static ngx_int_t
+ngx_http_proxy_set_ssl(ngx_conf_t *cf, ngx_http_proxy_loc_conf_t *plcf)
+{
+    ngx_pool_cleanup_t  *cln;
+
+    plcf->upstream.ssl = ngx_pcalloc(cf->pool, sizeof(ngx_ssl_t));
+    if (plcf->upstream.ssl == NULL) {
+        return NGX_ERROR;
+    }
+
+    plcf->upstream.ssl->log = cf->log;
+
+    if (ngx_ssl_create(plcf->upstream.ssl,
+                       NGX_SSL_SSLv2|NGX_SSL_SSLv3|NGX_SSL_TLSv1, NULL)
+        != NGX_OK)
+    {
+        return NGX_ERROR;
+    }
+
+    cln = ngx_pool_cleanup_add(cf->pool, 0);
+    if (cln == NULL) {
+        return NGX_ERROR;
+    }
+
+    cln->handler = ngx_ssl_cleanup_ctx;
+    cln->data = plcf->upstream.ssl;
+
+    return NGX_OK;
+}
+
+#endif
+
+
+static ngx_int_t
+ngx_http_proxy_set_vars(ngx_pool_t *pool, ngx_url_t *u,
+    ngx_http_proxy_vars_t *v)
+{
+    u_char  *p;
+
+    if (!u->unix_socket) {
+        if (u->no_port || u->port == u->default_port) {
+            v->host_header = u->host;
+
+            if (u->default_port == 80) {
+                v->port.len = sizeof("80") - 1;
+                v->port.data = (u_char *) "80";
+
+            } else {
+                v->port.len = sizeof("443") - 1;
+                v->port.data = (u_char *) "443";
+            }
+
+        } else {
+            p = ngx_palloc(pool, u->host.len + sizeof(":65536") - 1);
+            if (p == NULL) {
+                return NGX_ERROR;
+            }
+
+            v->host_header.len = ngx_sprintf(p, "%V:%d", &u->host, u->port) - p;
+            v->host_header.data = p;
+
+            v->port.len = v->host_header.len - u->host.len - 1;
+            v->port.data = p + u->host.len + 1;
+        }
+
+    } else {
+        v->host_header.len = sizeof("localhost") - 1;
+        v->host_header.data = (u_char *) "localhost";
+        v->port.len = 0;
+        v->port.data = (u_char *) "";
+    }
+
+    v->uri = u->uri;
+
+    return NGX_OK;
+}
diff --git a/src/http/ngx_http_request.c b/src/http/ngx_http_request.c
index e3988ff..e634183 100644
--- a/src/http/ngx_http_request.c
+++ b/src/http/ngx_http_request.c
@@ -2649,7 +2649,7 @@
 #endif
 
         p = ngx_snprintf(buf, len, ", upstream: \"%V%V%s%V\"",
-                         &u->conf->schema, u->peer.name,
+                         &u->schema, u->peer.name,
                          uri_separator, &u->uri);
         len -= p - buf;
         buf = p;
diff --git a/src/http/ngx_http_upstream.c b/src/http/ngx_http_upstream.c
index 19e0fe2..7901bb6 100644
--- a/src/http/ngx_http_upstream.c
+++ b/src/http/ngx_http_upstream.c
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #include <ngx_http.h>
 
 
+static void ngx_http_upstream_resolve_handler(ngx_resolver_ctx_t *ctx);
 static void ngx_http_upstream_rd_check_broken_connection(ngx_http_request_t *r);
 static void ngx_http_upstream_wr_check_broken_connection(ngx_http_request_t *r);
 static void ngx_http_upstream_check_broken_connection(ngx_http_request_t *r,
@@ -283,10 +284,15 @@
 void
 ngx_http_upstream_init(ngx_http_request_t *r)
 {
-    ngx_connection_t          *c;
-    ngx_http_cleanup_t        *cln;
-    ngx_http_upstream_t       *u;
-    ngx_http_core_loc_conf_t  *clcf;
+    ngx_str_t                      *host;
+    ngx_uint_t                      i;
+    ngx_connection_t               *c;
+    ngx_resolver_ctx_t             *ctx, temp;
+    ngx_http_cleanup_t             *cln;
+    ngx_http_upstream_t            *u;
+    ngx_http_core_loc_conf_t       *clcf;
+    ngx_http_upstream_srv_conf_t   *uscf, **uscfp;
+    ngx_http_upstream_main_conf_t  *umcf;
 
     c = r->connection;
 
@@ -320,11 +326,6 @@
         u->request_bufs = r->request_body->bufs;
     }
 
-    if (u->conf->upstream->peer.init(r, u->conf->upstream) != NGX_OK) {
-        ngx_http_finalize_request(r, NGX_HTTP_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR);
-        return;
-    }
-
     if (u->create_request(r) != NGX_OK) {
         ngx_http_finalize_request(r, NGX_HTTP_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR);
         return;
@@ -332,7 +333,7 @@
 
     clcf = ngx_http_get_module_loc_conf(r, ngx_http_core_module);
 
-    u->output.sendfile = r->connection->sendfile;
+    u->output.sendfile = c->sendfile;
     u->output.pool = r->pool;
     u->output.bufs.num = 1;
     u->output.bufs.size = clcf->client_body_buffer_size;
@@ -374,11 +375,125 @@
 
     u->store = (u->conf->store || u->conf->store_lengths);
 
+    if (u->resolved == NULL) {
+
+        uscf = u->conf->upstream;
+
+    } else {
+
+        host = &r->upstream->resolved->host;
+
+        umcf = ngx_http_get_module_main_conf(r, ngx_http_upstream_module);
+
+        uscfp = umcf->upstreams.elts;
+
+        for (i = 0; i < umcf->upstreams.nelts; i++) {
+
+            uscf = uscfp[i];
+
+            if (uscf->host.len == host->len
+                && ngx_memcmp(uscf->host.data, host->data, host->len) == 0)
+            {
+                goto found;
+            }
+        }
+
+        if (clcf->resolver == NULL) {
+            ngx_log_error(NGX_LOG_ERR, c->log, 0,
+                          "no resolver defined to resolve %V", host);
+            ngx_http_finalize_request(r, NGX_HTTP_BAD_GATEWAY);
+            return;
+        }
+
+        temp.name = *host;
+
+        ctx = ngx_resolve_start(clcf->resolver, &temp);
+        if (ctx == NULL) {
+            ngx_http_finalize_request(r, NGX_HTTP_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR);
+            return;
+        }
+
+        ctx->name = *host;
+        ctx->type = NGX_RESOLVE_A;
+        ctx->handler = ngx_http_upstream_resolve_handler;
+        ctx->data = r;
+        ctx->timeout = clcf->resolver_timeout;
+
+        u->resolved->ctx = ctx;
+
+        if (ngx_resolve_name(ctx) != NGX_OK) {
+            ngx_http_finalize_request(r, NGX_HTTP_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR);
+            return;
+        }
+
+        return;
+    }
+
+found:
+
+    if (uscf->peer.init(r, uscf) != NGX_OK) {
+        ngx_http_finalize_request(r, NGX_HTTP_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR);
+        return;
+    }
+
     ngx_http_upstream_connect(r, u);
 }
 
 
 static void
+ngx_http_upstream_resolve_handler(ngx_resolver_ctx_t *ctx)
+{
+    ngx_http_request_t            *r;
+    ngx_http_upstream_resolved_t  *ur;
+
+    r = ctx->data;
+
+    r->upstream->resolved->ctx = NULL;
+
+    if (ctx->state) {
+        ngx_log_error(NGX_LOG_ERR, r->connection->log, 0,
+                      "%V could not be resolved (%i: %s)",
+                      &ctx->name, ctx->state,
+                      ngx_resolver_strerror(ctx->state));
+
+        ngx_resolve_name_done(ctx);
+        ngx_http_finalize_request(r, NGX_HTTP_BAD_GATEWAY);
+        return;
+    }
+
+    ur = r->upstream->resolved;
+    ur->naddrs = ctx->naddrs;
+    ur->addrs = ctx->addrs;
+
+#if (NGX_DEBUG)
+    {
+    in_addr_t   addr;
+    ngx_uint_t  i;
+
+    for (i = 0; i < ctx->naddrs; i++) {
+        addr = ntohl(ur->addrs[i]);
+
+        ngx_log_debug4(NGX_LOG_DEBUG_HTTP, r->connection->log, 0,
+                       "name was resolved to %ud.%ud.%ud.%ud",
+                       (addr >> 24) & 0xff, (addr >> 16) & 0xff,
+                       (addr >> 8) & 0xff, addr & 0xff);
+    }
+    }
+#endif
+
+    if (ngx_http_upstream_create_round_robin_peer(r, ur) != NGX_OK) {
+        ngx_resolve_name_done(ctx);
+        ngx_http_finalize_request(r, NGX_HTTP_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR);
+        return;
+    }
+
+    ngx_resolve_name_done(ctx);
+
+    ngx_http_upstream_connect(r, r->upstream);
+}
+
+
+static void
 ngx_http_upstream_rd_check_broken_connection(ngx_http_request_t *r)
 {
     ngx_http_upstream_check_broken_connection(r, r->connection->read);
@@ -549,6 +664,7 @@
     tp = ngx_timeofday();
     u->state->response_sec = tp->sec;
     u->state->response_msec = tp->msec;
+    u->state->peer = u->peer.name;
 
     rc = ngx_event_connect_peer(&u->peer);
 
@@ -561,8 +677,6 @@
         return;
     }
 
-    u->state->peer = u->peer.name;
-
     if (rc == NGX_BUSY) {
         ngx_log_error(NGX_LOG_ERR, r->connection->log, 0, "no live upstreams");
         ngx_http_upstream_next(r, u, NGX_HTTP_UPSTREAM_FT_NOLIVE);
@@ -638,7 +752,7 @@
 
 #if (NGX_HTTP_SSL)
 
-    if (u->conf->ssl && c->ssl == NULL) {
+    if (u->ssl && c->ssl == NULL) {
         ngx_http_upstream_ssl_init_connection(r, u, c);
         return;
     }
@@ -893,7 +1007,7 @@
 
 #if (NGX_HTTP_SSL)
 
-    if (u->conf->ssl && c->ssl == NULL) {
+    if (u->ssl && c->ssl == NULL) {
         ngx_http_upstream_ssl_init_connection(r, u, c);
         return;
     }
@@ -2260,6 +2374,10 @@
     ngx_log_debug1(NGX_LOG_DEBUG_HTTP, r->connection->log, 0,
                    "cleanup http upstream request: \"%V\"", &r->uri);
 
+    if (r->upstream->resolved && r->upstream->resolved->ctx) {
+        ngx_resolve_name_done(r->upstream->resolved->ctx);
+    }
+
     ngx_http_upstream_finalize_request(r, r->upstream, NGX_DONE);
 }
 
@@ -2275,7 +2393,7 @@
 
     *u->cleanup = NULL;
 
-    if (u->state->response_sec) {
+    if (u->state && u->state->response_sec) {
         tp = ngx_timeofday();
         u->state->response_sec = tp->sec - u->state->response_sec;
         u->state->response_msec = tp->msec - u->state->response_msec;
@@ -2283,7 +2401,9 @@
 
     u->finalize_request(r, rc);
 
-    u->peer.free(&u->peer, u->peer.data, 0);
+    if (u->peer.free) {
+        u->peer.free(&u->peer, u->peer.data, 0);
+    }
 
     if (u->peer.connection) {
 
diff --git a/src/http/ngx_http_upstream.h b/src/http/ngx_http_upstream.h
index d95399f..8395362 100644
--- a/src/http/ngx_http_upstream.h
+++ b/src/http/ngx_http_upstream.h
@@ -138,9 +138,6 @@
     ngx_array_t                    *pass_headers;
 
     ngx_str_t                       schema;
-    ngx_str_t                       uri;
-    ngx_str_t                       location;
-    ngx_str_t                       url;  /* used in proxy_rewrite_location */
 
     ngx_array_t                    *store_lengths;
     ngx_array_t                    *store_values;
@@ -199,6 +196,15 @@
 } ngx_http_upstream_headers_in_t;
 
 
+typedef struct {
+    ngx_str_t                       host;
+    in_port_t                       port;
+    ngx_uint_t                      naddrs;
+    in_addr_t                      *addrs;
+    ngx_resolver_ctx_t             *ctx;
+} ngx_http_upstream_resolved_t;
+
+
 struct ngx_http_upstream_s {
     ngx_peer_connection_t           peer;
 
@@ -213,6 +219,8 @@
 
     ngx_http_upstream_headers_in_t  headers_in;
 
+    ngx_http_upstream_resolved_t   *resolved;
+
     ngx_buf_t                       buffer;
     size_t                          length;
 
@@ -235,10 +243,10 @@
 
     ngx_msec_t                      timeout;
 
-    ngx_str_t                       method;
-
     ngx_http_upstream_state_t      *state;
 
+    ngx_str_t                       method;
+    ngx_str_t                       schema;
     ngx_str_t                       uri;
 
     ngx_http_cleanup_pt            *cleanup;
@@ -246,6 +254,7 @@
     unsigned                        store:1;
     unsigned                        cacheable:1;
     unsigned                        accel:1;
+    unsigned                        ssl:1;
 
     unsigned                        buffering:1;
 
diff --git a/src/http/ngx_http_upstream_round_robin.c b/src/http/ngx_http_upstream_round_robin.c
index 0b3a709..79747f6 100644
--- a/src/http/ngx_http_upstream_round_robin.c
+++ b/src/http/ngx_http_upstream_round_robin.c
@@ -247,6 +247,100 @@
 
 
 ngx_int_t
+ngx_http_upstream_create_round_robin_peer(ngx_http_request_t *r,
+    ngx_http_upstream_resolved_t *ur)
+{
+    u_char                            *p;
+    size_t                             len;
+    ngx_uint_t                         i, n;
+    struct sockaddr_in                *sin;
+    ngx_http_upstream_rr_peers_t      *peers;
+    ngx_http_upstream_rr_peer_data_t  *rrp;
+
+    rrp = r->upstream->peer.data;
+
+    if (rrp == NULL) {
+        rrp = ngx_palloc(r->pool, sizeof(ngx_http_upstream_rr_peer_data_t));
+        if (rrp == NULL) {
+            return NGX_ERROR;
+        }
+
+        r->upstream->peer.data = rrp;
+    }
+
+    peers = ngx_pcalloc(r->pool, sizeof(ngx_http_upstream_rr_peers_t)
+                     + sizeof(ngx_http_upstream_rr_peer_t) * (ur->naddrs - 1));
+    if (peers == NULL) {
+        return NGX_ERROR;
+    }
+
+    peers->single = (ur->naddrs == 1);
+    peers->number = ur->naddrs;
+    peers->name = &ur->host;
+
+    for (i = 0; i < ur->naddrs; i++) {
+
+        len = INET_ADDRSTRLEN - 1 + 1 + sizeof(":65536") - 1;
+
+        p = ngx_palloc(r->pool, len);
+        if (p == NULL) {
+            return NGX_ERROR;
+        }
+
+        len = ngx_inet_ntop(AF_INET, &ur->addrs[i], p, INET_ADDRSTRLEN);
+        len = ngx_sprintf(&p[len], ":%d", ur->port) - p;
+
+        sin = ngx_pcalloc(r->pool, sizeof(struct sockaddr_in));
+        if (sin == NULL) {
+            return NGX_ERROR;
+        }
+
+        sin->sin_family = AF_INET;
+        sin->sin_port = htons(ur->port);
+        sin->sin_addr.s_addr = ur->addrs[i];
+
+        peers->peer[i].sockaddr = (struct sockaddr *) sin;
+        peers->peer[i].socklen = sizeof(struct sockaddr_in);
+        peers->peer[i].name.len = len;
+        peers->peer[i].name.data = p;
+        peers->peer[i].weight = 1;
+        peers->peer[i].current_weight = 1;
+        peers->peer[i].max_fails = 1;
+        peers->peer[i].fail_timeout = 10;
+    }
+
+    rrp->peers = peers;
+    rrp->current = 0;
+
+    if (rrp->peers->number <= 8 * sizeof(uintptr_t)) {
+        rrp->tried = &rrp->data;
+        rrp->data = 0;
+
+    } else {
+        n = (rrp->peers->number + (8 * sizeof(uintptr_t) - 1))
+                / (8 * sizeof(uintptr_t));
+
+        rrp->tried = ngx_pcalloc(r->pool, n * sizeof(uintptr_t));
+        if (rrp->tried == NULL) {
+            return NGX_ERROR;
+        }
+    }
+
+    r->upstream->peer.get = ngx_http_upstream_get_round_robin_peer;
+    r->upstream->peer.free = ngx_http_upstream_free_round_robin_peer;
+    r->upstream->peer.tries = rrp->peers->number;
+#if (NGX_HTTP_SSL)
+    r->upstream->peer.set_session =
+                               ngx_http_upstream_set_round_robin_peer_session;
+    r->upstream->peer.save_session =
+                               ngx_http_upstream_save_round_robin_peer_session;
+#endif
+
+    return NGX_OK;
+}
+
+
+ngx_int_t
 ngx_http_upstream_get_round_robin_peer(ngx_peer_connection_t *pc, void *data)
 {
     ngx_http_upstream_rr_peer_data_t  *rrp = data;
diff --git a/src/http/ngx_http_upstream_round_robin.h b/src/http/ngx_http_upstream_round_robin.h
index a9ab1cf..2213154 100644
--- a/src/http/ngx_http_upstream_round_robin.h
+++ b/src/http/ngx_http_upstream_round_robin.h
@@ -65,6 +65,8 @@
     ngx_http_upstream_srv_conf_t *us);
 ngx_int_t ngx_http_upstream_init_round_robin_peer(ngx_http_request_t *r,
     ngx_http_upstream_srv_conf_t *us);
+ngx_int_t ngx_http_upstream_create_round_robin_peer(ngx_http_request_t *r,
+    ngx_http_upstream_resolved_t *ur);
 ngx_int_t ngx_http_upstream_get_round_robin_peer(ngx_peer_connection_t *pc,
     void *data);
 void ngx_http_upstream_free_round_robin_peer(ngx_peer_connection_t *pc,