diff --git a/ntex/CHANGES.md b/ntex/CHANGES.md
index 9572a1c4..ded89e4f 100644
--- a/ntex/CHANGES.md
+++ b/ntex/CHANGES.md
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 
 * drop direct tokio dependency
 
+* rustls connector - fix rustls connect to work around a port in hostname (giving invalid DNS) #50
+
 ## [0.3.18] - 2021-06-03
 
 * server: expose server status change notifications
diff --git a/ntex/src/connect/rustls.rs b/ntex/src/connect/rustls.rs
index 26c1dbf9..066fb392 100644
--- a/ntex/src/connect/rustls.rs
+++ b/ntex/src/connect/rustls.rs
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ impl<T: Address + 'static> RustlsConnector<T> {
         Connect<T>: From<U>,
     {
         let req = Connect::from(message);
-        let host = req.host().to_string();
+        let host = req.host().split(":").next().unwrap().to_owned();
         let conn = self.connector.call(req);
         let config = self.config.clone();