diff --git a/src/cowboy_http2.erl b/src/cowboy_http2.erl
index 5070bd4dd..a230693d5 100644
--- a/src/cowboy_http2.erl
+++ b/src/cowboy_http2.erl
@@ -317,7 +317,14 @@ headers_frame(State, StreamID, IsFin, Headers,
 		'The TRACE method is currently not implemented. (RFC7231 4.3.8)');
 headers_frame(State=#state{ref=Ref, peer=Peer, sock=Sock, cert=Cert, proxy_header=ProxyHeader},
 		StreamID, IsFin, Headers, PseudoHeaders=#{method := Method, scheme := Scheme,
-			authority := Authority, path := PathWithQs}, BodyLen) ->
+			path := PathWithQs}, BodyLen) ->
+	Authority = case PseudoHeaders of
+		#{authority := Authority0} -> Authority0;
+		_ ->  case lists:keyfind(<<"host">>, 1, Headers) of
+			{<<"host">>, Host0} -> Host0;
+			_ -> undefined
+		end
+	end,
 	try cow_http_hd:parse_host(Authority) of
 		{Host, Port0} ->
 			Port = ensure_port(Scheme, Port0),
diff --git a/test/rfc7540_SUITE.erl b/test/rfc7540_SUITE.erl
index be30b711c..0e0a02452 100644
--- a/test/rfc7540_SUITE.erl
+++ b/test/rfc7540_SUITE.erl
@@ -3746,7 +3746,7 @@ reject_many_pseudo_header_scheme(Config) ->
 	ok.
 
 reject_missing_pseudo_header_authority(Config) ->
-	doc("A request without an authority component must be rejected "
+	doc("A request without an authority or host component must be rejected "
 		"with a PROTOCOL_ERROR stream error. (RFC7540 8.1.2.3, RFC7540 8.1.2.6)"),
 	{ok, Socket} = do_handshake(Config),
 	%% Send a HEADERS frame without an :authority pseudo-header.
@@ -3760,6 +3760,25 @@ reject_missing_pseudo_header_authority(Config) ->
 	{ok, << _:24, 3:8, _:8, 1:32, 1:32 >>} = gen_tcp:recv(Socket, 13, 6000),
 	ok.
 
+fallback_to_host_on_missing_pseudo_header_authority(Config) ->
+	doc("Fallback to use the host header if pseudo header :authority is missing"),
+	{ok, Socket} = do_handshake(Config),
+	%% Send a HEADERS frame with host header and without an :authority pseudo-header.
+	{HeadersBlock, _} = cow_hpack:encode([
+		{<<":method">>, <<"GET">>},
+		{<<":scheme">>, <<"http">>},
+		{<<":path">>, <<"/">>},
+		{<<"host">>, <<"localhost">>}
+	]),
+	ok = gen_tcp:send(Socket, cow_http2:headers(1, fin, HeadersBlock)),
+	%% Receive an informational HEADERS frame
+	{ok, << Len:24, 1:8, _:8, _:32 >>} = gen_tcp:recv(Socket, 9, 6000),
+	{ok, RespHeadersBlock} = gen_tcp:recv(Socket, Len, 6000),
+	%% Confirm it has a 200 status code.
+	{RespHeaders, _} = cow_hpack:decode(RespHeadersBlock),
+	{_, <<"200">>} = lists:keyfind(<<":status">>, 1, RespHeaders),
+	ok.
+
 reject_many_pseudo_header_authority(Config) ->
 	doc("A request containing more than one authority component must be rejected "
 		"with a PROTOCOL_ERROR stream error. (RFC7540 8.1.2.3, RFC7540 8.1.2.6)"),