diff --git a/caddyhttp/fastcgi/fastcgi.go b/caddyhttp/fastcgi/fastcgi.go
index c3e1cab9..8d0f282a 100644
--- a/caddyhttp/fastcgi/fastcgi.go
+++ b/caddyhttp/fastcgi/fastcgi.go
@@ -31,6 +31,11 @@ type Handler struct {
 	ServerPort      string
 }
 
+// When a rewrite is performed, a header field of this name
+// is added to the request
+// It contains the original request URI before the rewrite.
+const internalRewriteFieldName = "Caddy-Rewrite-Original-URI"
+
 // ServeHTTP satisfies the httpserver.Handler interface.
 func (h Handler) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) (int, error) {
 	for _, rule := range h.Rules {
@@ -201,11 +206,9 @@ func (h Handler) buildEnv(r *http.Request, rule Rule, fpath string) (map[string]
 	// 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
@@ -258,13 +261,15 @@ func (h Handler) buildEnv(r *http.Request, rule Rule, fpath string) (map[string]
 		env[envVar[0]] = replacer.Replace(envVar[1])
 	}
 
-	// Add all HTTP headers to env variables
+	// Add all HTTP headers (except Caddy-Rewrite-Original-URI ) to env variables
 	for field, val := range r.Header {
+		if strings.ToLower(field) == strings.ToLower(internalRewriteFieldName) {
+			continue
+		}
 		header := strings.ToUpper(field)
 		header = headerNameReplacer.Replace(header)
 		env["HTTP_"+header] = strings.Join(val, ", ")
 	}
-
 	return env, nil
 }
 
diff --git a/caddyhttp/fastcgi/fastcgi_test.go b/caddyhttp/fastcgi/fastcgi_test.go
index 46f06c9b..4b22ea95 100644
--- a/caddyhttp/fastcgi/fastcgi_test.go
+++ b/caddyhttp/fastcgi/fastcgi_test.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"net/http/httptest"
 	"net/url"
 	"strconv"
+	"strings"
 	"sync"
 	"testing"
 )
@@ -230,6 +231,9 @@ func TestBuildEnv(t *testing.T) {
 			Host:       "localhost:2015",
 			RemoteAddr: "[2b02:1810:4f2d:9400:70ab:f822:be8a:9093]:51688",
 			RequestURI: "/fgci_test.php",
+			Header: map[string][]string{
+				"Foo": {"Bar", "two"},
+			},
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -293,4 +297,24 @@ func TestBuildEnv(t *testing.T) {
 	envExpected["CUSTOM_URI"] = "custom_uri/fgci_test.php?test=blabla"
 	envExpected["CUSTOM_QUERY"] = "custom=true&test=blabla"
 	testBuildEnv(r, rule, fpath, envExpected)
+
+	// 6. Test Caddy-Rewrite-Original-URI header is not removed
+	r = newReq()
+	rule.EnvVars = [][2]string{
+		{"HTTP_HOST", "{host}"},
+		{"CUSTOM_URI", "custom_uri{uri}"},
+		{"CUSTOM_QUERY", "custom=true&{query}"},
+	}
+	envExpected = newEnv()
+	envExpected["HTTP_HOST"] = "localhost:2015"
+	envExpected["CUSTOM_URI"] = "custom_uri/fgci_test.php?test=blabla"
+	envExpected["CUSTOM_QUERY"] = "custom=true&test=blabla"
+	httpFieldName := strings.ToUpper(internalRewriteFieldName)
+	envExpected["HTTP_"+httpFieldName] = ""
+	r.Header.Add(internalRewriteFieldName, "/apath/torewrite/index.php")
+	testBuildEnv(r, rule, fpath, envExpected)
+	if r.Header.Get(internalRewriteFieldName) == "" {
+		t.Errorf("Error: Header Expected %v", internalRewriteFieldName)
+	}
+
 }
diff --git a/caddyhttp/fastcgi/setup_test.go b/caddyhttp/fastcgi/setup_test.go
index b9fd6b0d..e53bc605 100644
--- a/caddyhttp/fastcgi/setup_test.go
+++ b/caddyhttp/fastcgi/setup_test.go
@@ -125,6 +125,17 @@ func TestFastcgiParse(t *testing.T) {
 				dialer:     &persistentDialer{size: 5, network: network, address: address},
 				IndexFiles: []string{},
 			}}},
+		{`fastcgi / ` + defaultAddress + ` {
+	              split .php
+	              }`,
+			false, []Rule{{
+				Path:       "/",
+				Address:    defaultAddress,
+				Ext:        "",
+				SplitPath:  ".php",
+				dialer:     basicDialer{network: network, address: address},
+				IndexFiles: []string{},
+			}}},
 	}
 	for i, test := range tests {
 		actualFastcgiConfigs, err := fastcgiParse(caddy.NewTestController("http", test.inputFastcgiConfig))