diff --git a/client.go b/client.go
index f4bbe58..4b4aa40 100644
--- a/client.go
+++ b/client.go
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ func (c *Client) DoTimeout(req *Request, resp *Response, timeout time.Duration)
 // to the requested host are busy.
 func (c *Client) Do(req *Request, resp *Response) error {
 	uri := req.URI()
-	host := uri.Host
+	host := uri.Host()
 
 	isTLS := false
 	if bytes.Equal(uri.Scheme, strHTTPS) {
diff --git a/http.go b/http.go
index c11119f..8a0e6be 100644
--- a/http.go
+++ b/http.go
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ func (req *Request) parseURI() {
 	}
 	req.parsedURI = true
 
-	req.uri.Parse(req.Header.Host(), req.Header.RequestURI())
+	req.uri.parseQuick(req.Header.RequestURI(), &req.Header)
 }
 
 // PostArgs returns POST arguments.
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ func isSkipResponseBody(statusCode int) bool {
 func (req *Request) Write(w *bufio.Writer) error {
 	if len(req.Header.Host()) == 0 {
 		uri := req.URI()
-		req.Header.SetHostBytes(uri.Host)
+		req.Header.SetHostBytes(uri.Host())
 		req.Header.SetRequestURIBytes(uri.RequestURI())
 	}
 	req.Header.SetContentLength(len(req.body))
diff --git a/http_test.go b/http_test.go
index d010d69..bd2f9a2 100644
--- a/http_test.go
+++ b/http_test.go
@@ -491,8 +491,8 @@ func TestRequestURI(t *testing.T) {
 	req.Header.SetRequestURI(requestURI)
 
 	uri := req.URI()
-	if string(uri.Host) != host {
-		t.Fatalf("Unexpected host %q. Expected %q", uri.Host, host)
+	if string(uri.Host()) != host {
+		t.Fatalf("Unexpected host %q. Expected %q", uri.Host(), host)
 	}
 	if string(uri.PathOriginal) != expectedPathOriginal {
 		t.Fatalf("Unexpected source path %q. Expected %q", uri.PathOriginal, expectedPathOriginal)
diff --git a/server.go b/server.go
index 015e73d..284c7f0 100644
--- a/server.go
+++ b/server.go
@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ func (ctx *RequestCtx) Path() []byte {
 //
 // The host is valid until returning from RequestHandler.
 func (ctx *RequestCtx) Host() []byte {
-	return ctx.URI().Host
+	return ctx.URI().Host()
 }
 
 // QueryArgs returns query arguments from RequestURI.
diff --git a/uri.go b/uri.go
index 5313bca..e220a07 100644
--- a/uri.go
+++ b/uri.go
@@ -16,11 +16,6 @@ type URI struct {
 	// Scheme is always lowercased.
 	Scheme []byte
 
-	// Host part, i.e. aaa.com of http://aaa.com/foo/bar?baz=123#qwe .
-	//
-	// Host is always lowercased.
-	Host []byte
-
 	// Path part, i.e. /foo/bar of http://aaa.com/foo/bar?baz=123#qwe .
 	//
 	// Path is always urldecoded and normalized,
@@ -33,39 +28,66 @@ type URI struct {
 	// Hash part, i.e. qwe of http://aaa.com/foo/bar?baz=123#qwe .
 	Hash []byte
 
+	host []byte
+
 	queryArgs       Args
 	parsedQueryArgs bool
 
 	fullURI    []byte
 	requestURI []byte
+
+	h *RequestHeader
 }
 
 // Reset clears uri.
 func (x *URI) Reset() {
 	x.PathOriginal = x.PathOriginal[:0]
 	x.Scheme = x.Scheme[:0]
-	x.Host = x.Host[:0]
 	x.Path = x.Path[:0]
 	x.QueryString = x.QueryString[:0]
 	x.Hash = x.Hash[:0]
+
+	x.host = x.host[:0]
 	x.queryArgs.Reset()
 	x.parsedQueryArgs = false
 
 	x.fullURI = x.fullURI[:0]
 	x.requestURI = x.requestURI[:0]
+	x.h = nil
+}
+
+// Host returns host part, i.e. aaa.com of http://aaa.com/foo/bar?baz=123#qwe .
+//
+// Host is always lowercased.
+func (x *URI) Host() []byte {
+	if len(x.host) == 0 && x.h != nil {
+		x.host = append(x.host[:0], x.h.Host()...)
+		lowercaseBytes(x.host)
+		x.h = nil
+	}
+	return x.host
 }
 
 // Parse initializes URI from the given host and uri.
 //
 // It is safe modifying host and uri buffers after the Parse call.
 func (x *URI) Parse(host, uri []byte) {
+	x.parse(host, uri, nil)
+}
+
+func (x *URI) parseQuick(uri []byte, h *RequestHeader) {
+	x.parse(nil, uri, h)
+}
+
+func (x *URI) parse(host, uri []byte, h *RequestHeader) {
 	x.Reset()
+	x.h = h
 
 	scheme, host, uri := splitHostUri(host, uri)
 	x.Scheme = append(x.Scheme, scheme...)
 	lowercaseBytes(x.Scheme)
-	x.Host = append(x.Host, host...)
-	lowercaseBytes(x.Host)
+	x.host = append(x.host, host...)
+	lowercaseBytes(x.host)
 
 	b := uri
 	n := bytes.IndexByte(b, '?')
@@ -172,7 +194,7 @@ func (x *URI) FullURI() []byte {
 	}
 	dst := append(x.fullURI[:0], scheme...)
 	dst = append(dst, strColonSlashSlash...)
-	dst = append(dst, x.Host...)
+	dst = append(dst, x.Host()...)
 	lowercaseBytes(dst)
 	x.fullURI = append(dst, x.RequestURI()...)
 	return x.fullURI
diff --git a/uri_test.go b/uri_test.go
index bb2527a..ff9c6b1 100644
--- a/uri_test.go
+++ b/uri_test.go
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ func testURIFullURI(t *testing.T, scheme, host, path, hash string, args *Args, e
 	var u URI
 
 	u.Scheme = []byte(scheme)
-	u.Host = []byte(host)
+	u.host = []byte(host)
 	u.Path = []byte(path)
 	u.Hash = []byte(hash)
 	args.CopyTo(u.QueryArgs())
@@ -164,8 +164,8 @@ func testURIParse(t *testing.T, u *URI, host, uri,
 	if !bytes.Equal(u.FullURI(), []byte(expectedURI)) {
 		t.Fatalf("Unexpected uri %q. Expected %q. host=%q, uri=%q", u.FullURI(), expectedURI, host, uri)
 	}
-	if !bytes.Equal(u.Host, []byte(expectedHost)) {
-		t.Fatalf("Unexpected host %q. Expected %q. host=%q, uri=%q", u.Host, expectedHost, host, uri)
+	if !bytes.Equal(u.Host(), []byte(expectedHost)) {
+		t.Fatalf("Unexpected host %q. Expected %q. host=%q, uri=%q", u.Host(), expectedHost, host, uri)
 	}
 	if !bytes.Equal(u.PathOriginal, []byte(expectedPathOriginal)) {
 		t.Fatalf("Unexpected original path %q. Expected %q. host=%q, uri=%q", u.PathOriginal, expectedPathOriginal, host, uri)