diff --git a/lib/rb/lib/thrift/transport/http_client_transport.rb b/lib/rb/lib/thrift/transport/http_client_transport.rb
index a190a98..e62a51c 100644
--- a/lib/rb/lib/thrift/transport/http_client_transport.rb
+++ b/lib/rb/lib/thrift/transport/http_client_transport.rb
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
       http = Net::HTTP.new @url.host, @url.port
       http.use_ssl = @url.scheme == "https"
       headers = { 'Content-Type' => 'application/x-thrift' }
-      resp, data = http.post(@url.path, @outbuf, headers)
+      resp, data = http.post(@url.request_uri, @outbuf, headers)
       @inbuf = StringIO.new data
       @outbuf = ""
     end
diff --git a/lib/rb/spec/http_client_spec.rb b/lib/rb/spec/http_client_spec.rb
index 94526de..c5a9534 100644
--- a/lib/rb/spec/http_client_spec.rb
+++ b/lib/rb/spec/http_client_spec.rb
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 
   describe HTTPClientTransport do
     before(:each) do
-      @client = HTTPClientTransport.new("http://my.domain.com/path/to/service")
+      @client = HTTPClientTransport.new("http://my.domain.com/path/to/service?param=value")
     end
 
     it "should always be open" do
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
       Net::HTTP.should_receive(:new).with("my.domain.com", 80).and_return do
         mock("Net::HTTP").tee do |http|
           http.should_receive(:use_ssl=).with(false)
-          http.should_receive(:post).with("/path/to/service", "a test frame", {"Content-Type"=>"application/x-thrift"}).and_return([nil, "data"])
+          http.should_receive(:post).with("/path/to/service?param=value", "a test frame", {"Content-Type"=>"application/x-thrift"}).and_return([nil, "data"])
         end
       end
       @client.flush