diff --git a/proxy_headers.go b/proxy_headers.go
index efae337..0be750f 100644
--- a/proxy_headers.go
+++ b/proxy_headers.go
@@ -8,10 +8,11 @@ import (
 
 var (
 	// De-facto standard header keys.
-	xForwardedFor   = http.CanonicalHeaderKey("X-Forwarded-For")
-	xRealIP         = http.CanonicalHeaderKey("X-Real-IP")
-	xForwardedProto = http.CanonicalHeaderKey("X-Forwarded-Scheme")
-	xForwardedHost  = http.CanonicalHeaderKey("X-Forwarded-Host")
+	xForwardedFor    = http.CanonicalHeaderKey("X-Forwarded-For")
+	xForwardedHost   = http.CanonicalHeaderKey("X-Forwarded-Host")
+	xForwardedProto  = http.CanonicalHeaderKey("X-Forwarded-Proto")
+	xForwardedScheme = http.CanonicalHeaderKey("X-Forwarded-Scheme")
+	xRealIP          = http.CanonicalHeaderKey("X-Real-IP")
 )
 
 var (
@@ -29,9 +30,9 @@ var (
 
 // ProxyHeaders inspects common reverse proxy headers and sets the corresponding
 // fields in the HTTP request struct. These are X-Forwarded-For and X-Real-IP
-// for the remote (client) IP address, X-Forwarded-Proto for the scheme
-// (http|https) and the RFC7239 Forwarded header, which may include both client
-// IPs and schemes.
+// for the remote (client) IP address, X-Forwarded-Proto or X-Forwarded-Scheme
+// for the scheme (http|https) and the RFC7239 Forwarded header, which may
+// include both client IPs and schemes.
 //
 // NOTE: This middleware should only be used when behind a reverse
 // proxy like nginx, HAProxy or Apache. Reverse proxies that don't (or are
@@ -103,7 +104,9 @@ func getScheme(r *http.Request) string {
 	// Retrieve the scheme from X-Forwarded-Proto.
 	if proto := r.Header.Get(xForwardedProto); proto != "" {
 		scheme = strings.ToLower(proto)
-	} else if proto := r.Header.Get(forwarded); proto != "" {
+	} else if proto = r.Header.Get(xForwardedScheme); proto != "" {
+		scheme = strings.ToLower(proto)
+	} else if proto = r.Header.Get(forwarded); proto != "" {
 		// match should contain at least two elements if the protocol was
 		// specified in the Forwarded header. The first element will always be
 		// the 'proto=' capture, which we ignore. In the case of multiple proto
diff --git a/proxy_headers_test.go b/proxy_headers_test.go
index 1a98898..1bd7805 100644
--- a/proxy_headers_test.go
+++ b/proxy_headers_test.go
@@ -47,6 +47,9 @@ func TestGetScheme(t *testing.T) {
 		{xForwardedProto, "https", "https"},
 		{xForwardedProto, "http", "http"},
 		{xForwardedProto, "HTTP", "http"},
+		{xForwardedScheme, "https", "https"},
+		{xForwardedScheme, "http", "http"},
+		{xForwardedScheme, "HTTP", "http"},
 		{forwarded, `For="[2001:db8:cafe::17]:4711`, ""},                      // No proto
 		{forwarded, `for=192.0.2.43, for=198.51.100.17;proto=https`, "https"}, // Multiple params before proto
 		{forwarded, `for=172.32.10.15; proto=https;by=127.0.0.1`, "https"},    // Space before proto