diff --git a/middleware/fastcgi/fastcgi.go b/middleware/fastcgi/fastcgi.go
index 9da9c02f..5dd262ff 100755
--- a/middleware/fastcgi/fastcgi.go
+++ b/middleware/fastcgi/fastcgi.go
@@ -167,9 +167,17 @@ func (h Handler) buildEnv(r *http.Request, rule Rule, fpath string) (map[string]
 	}
 
 	// Strip PATH_INFO from SCRIPT_NAME
-	indexPathInfo := strings.LastIndex(scriptName, pathInfo)
-	if indexPathInfo != -1 {
-		scriptName = scriptName[:indexPathInfo]
+	scriptName = strings.TrimSuffix(scriptName, pathInfo)
+
+	// Get the request URI. The request URI might be as it came in over the wire,
+	// or it might have been rewritten internally by the rewrite middleware (see issue #256).
+	// If it was rewritten, there will be a header indicating the original URL,
+	// which is needed to get the correct RequestURI value for PHP apps.
+	const internalRewriteFieldName = "Caddy-Rewrite-Original-URI"
+	reqURI := r.URL.RequestURI()
+	if origURI := r.Header.Get(internalRewriteFieldName); origURI != "" {
+		reqURI = origURI
+		r.Header.Del(internalRewriteFieldName)
 	}
 
 	// Some variables are unused but cleared explicitly to prevent
@@ -198,7 +206,7 @@ func (h Handler) buildEnv(r *http.Request, rule Rule, fpath string) (map[string]
 		"DOCUMENT_ROOT":   h.AbsRoot,
 		"DOCUMENT_URI":    docURI,
 		"HTTP_HOST":       r.Host, // added here, since not always part of headers
-		"REQUEST_URI":     r.URL.RequestURI(),
+		"REQUEST_URI":     reqURI,
 		"SCRIPT_FILENAME": scriptFilename,
 		"SCRIPT_NAME":     scriptName,
 	}
diff --git a/middleware/fastcgi/fcgiclient.go b/middleware/fastcgi/fcgiclient.go
index b657a3b3..91f8cb87 100644
--- a/middleware/fastcgi/fcgiclient.go
+++ b/middleware/fastcgi/fcgiclient.go
@@ -381,9 +381,9 @@ func (c *FCGIClient) Request(p map[string]string, req io.Reader) (resp *http.Res
 			return
 		}
 		if len(statusParts) > 1 {
-			resp.Status = statusParts[1]	
+			resp.Status = statusParts[1]
 		}
-		
+
 	} else {
 		resp.StatusCode = http.StatusOK
 	}
diff --git a/middleware/rewrite/rewrite.go b/middleware/rewrite/rewrite.go
index ed2e9bd9..301e81cd 100644
--- a/middleware/rewrite/rewrite.go
+++ b/middleware/rewrite/rewrite.go
@@ -49,6 +49,9 @@ func NewSimpleRule(from, to string) SimpleRule {
 // Rewrite rewrites the internal location of the current request.
 func (s SimpleRule) Rewrite(r *http.Request) bool {
 	if s.From == r.URL.Path {
+		// take note of this rewrite for internal use by fastcgi
+		// all we need is the URI, not full URL
+		r.Header.Set("Caddy-Rewrite-Original-URI", r.URL.RequestURI())
 		r.URL.Path = s.To
 		return true
 	}
@@ -129,6 +132,10 @@ func (r *RegexpRule) Rewrite(req *http.Request) bool {
 		return false
 	}
 
+	// take note of this rewrite for internal use by fastcgi
+	// all we need is the URI, not full URL
+	req.Header.Set("Caddy-Rewrite-Original-URI", req.URL.RequestURI())
+
 	// perform rewrite
 	req.URL.Path = url.Path
 	if url.RawQuery != "" {
diff --git a/server/server.go b/server/server.go
index 4f29c646..03bca607 100644
--- a/server/server.go
+++ b/server/server.go
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"os/signal"
 
-	"github.com/bradfitz/http2"
+	"golang.org/x/net/http2"
 )
 
 // Server represents an instance of a server, which serves