diff --git a/examples/reverse-proxy/Cargo.toml b/examples/reverse-proxy/Cargo.toml
index e28165730e..2bedfe1a74 100644
--- a/examples/reverse-proxy/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/reverse-proxy/Cargo.toml
@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@ edition = "2021"
 
 [dependencies]
 axum = { path = "../../axum" }
-hyper = { version = "1.0.0", features = ["full"] }
+hyper-tls = { version = "0.6.0", features = ["vendored"] }
 hyper-util = { version = "0.1.1", features = ["client-legacy"] }
 tokio = { version = "1", features = ["full"] }
diff --git a/examples/reverse-proxy/src/main.rs b/examples/reverse-proxy/src/main.rs
index db39124670..cc176680ed 100644
--- a/examples/reverse-proxy/src/main.rs
+++ b/examples/reverse-proxy/src/main.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
-//! Reverse proxy listening in "localhost:4000" will proxy all requests to "localhost:3000"
-//! endpoint.
+//! Reverse proxy listening in "localhost:4000" will proxy all `GET` requests to "localhost:3000"
+//! except for path /https is example.com endpoint.
+//!
+//! On unix like OS: make sure `ca-certificates` is installed.
 //!
 //! Run with
 //!
@@ -7,18 +9,21 @@
 //! cargo run -p example-reverse-proxy
 //! ```
 
+use axum::extract::ConnectInfo;
+use axum::http::header::FORWARDED;
+use axum::http::{header::HOST, StatusCode};
 use axum::{
     body::Body,
     extract::{Request, State},
     http::uri::Uri,
     response::{IntoResponse, Response},
-    routing::get,
-    Router,
+    routing, Router,
 };
-use hyper::StatusCode;
+use hyper_tls::HttpsConnector;
 use hyper_util::{client::legacy::connect::HttpConnector, rt::TokioExecutor};
+use std::net::SocketAddr;
 
-type Client = hyper_util::client::legacy::Client<HttpConnector, Body>;
+type Client = hyper_util::client::legacy::Client<HttpsConnector<HttpConnector>, Body>;
 
 #[tokio::main]
 async fn main() {
@@ -26,38 +31,80 @@ async fn main() {
 
     let client: Client =
         hyper_util::client::legacy::Client::<(), ()>::builder(TokioExecutor::new())
-            .build(HttpConnector::new());
+            .build(HttpsConnector::new());
 
-    let app = Router::new().route("/", get(handler)).with_state(client);
+    let app = Router::new()
+        .fallback(routing::get(handler))
+        .with_state(client);
 
     let listener = tokio::net::TcpListener::bind("127.0.0.1:4000")
         .await
         .unwrap();
     println!("listening on {}", listener.local_addr().unwrap());
-    axum::serve(listener, app).await.unwrap();
+    axum::serve(
+        listener,
+        app.into_make_service_with_connect_info::<SocketAddr>(),
+    )
+    .await
+    .unwrap();
 }
 
-async fn handler(State(client): State<Client>, mut req: Request) -> Result<Response, StatusCode> {
-    let path = req.uri().path();
-    let path_query = req
-        .uri()
-        .path_and_query()
-        .map(|v| v.as_str())
-        .unwrap_or(path);
+async fn handler(
+    State(client): State<Client>,
+    ConnectInfo(addr): ConnectInfo<SocketAddr>,
+    mut req: Request,
+) -> Result<Response, StatusCode> {
+    let uri = req.uri();
+
+    let ip = addr.ip().to_string();
+    let host = uri
+        .authority()
+        .map(|a| a.as_str())
+        .unwrap_or("127.0.0.1:4000")
+        .to_string();
+    let proto = uri.scheme_str().unwrap_or("http").to_string();
+
+    let path = uri.path();
+    let path_query = uri.path_and_query().map(|v| v.as_str()).unwrap_or(path);
 
-    let uri = format!("http://127.0.0.1:3000{}", path_query);
+    let mut uri = format!("http://127.0.0.1:3000{}", path_query);
+    if path == "/https" {
+        uri = String::from("https://example.com");
+    }
 
     *req.uri_mut() = Uri::try_from(uri).unwrap();
 
+    // Remove incorrect header host, hyper will add automatically for you.
+    req.headers_mut().remove(HOST);
+
+    // Add some informative header (de-facto)
+    req.headers_mut()
+        .insert("X-Forwarded-For", ip.parse().unwrap());
+    req.headers_mut()
+        .insert("X-Forwarded-Host", host.parse().unwrap());
+    req.headers_mut()
+        .insert("X-Forwarded-Proto", proto.parse().unwrap());
+
+    // a standardized
+    req.headers_mut().insert(
+        FORWARDED,
+        format!("for={ip};host={host};proto={proto};")
+            .parse()
+            .unwrap(),
+    );
+
     Ok(client
         .request(req)
         .await
-        .map_err(|_| StatusCode::BAD_REQUEST)?
+        .map_err(|err| {
+            eprintln!("{:?}", err);
+            StatusCode::BAD_REQUEST
+        })?
         .into_response())
 }
 
 async fn server() {
-    let app = Router::new().route("/", get(|| async { "Hello, world!" }));
+    let app = Router::new().fallback(routing::get(|| async { "Hello, world!" }));
 
     let listener = tokio::net::TcpListener::bind("127.0.0.1:3000")
         .await