diff --git a/docs/registry.go b/docs/registry.go
index 7bcf06601..8d1a9f228 100644
--- a/docs/registry.go
+++ b/docs/registry.go
@@ -756,9 +756,36 @@ type Registry struct {
 	indexEndpoint string
 }
 
+func trustedLocation(req *http.Request) bool {
+	var (
+		trusteds = []string{"docker.com", "docker.io"}
+		hostname = strings.SplitN(req.Host, ":", 2)[0]
+	)
+	if req.URL.Scheme != "https" {
+		return false
+	}
+
+	for _, trusted := range trusteds {
+		if strings.HasSuffix(hostname, trusted) {
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
 func AddRequiredHeadersToRedirectedRequests(req *http.Request, via []*http.Request) error {
 	if via != nil && via[0] != nil {
-		req.Header = via[0].Header
+		if trustedLocation(req) && trustedLocation(via[0]) {
+			req.Header = via[0].Header
+		} else {
+			for k, v := range via[0].Header {
+				if k != "Authorization" {
+					for _, vv := range v {
+						req.Header.Add(k, vv)
+					}
+				}
+			}
+		}
 	}
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/docs/registry_test.go b/docs/registry_test.go
index e207359e6..2857ab4a4 100644
--- a/docs/registry_test.go
+++ b/docs/registry_test.go
@@ -2,10 +2,12 @@ package registry
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-	"github.com/dotcloud/docker/utils"
+	"net/http"
 	"net/url"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/dotcloud/docker/utils"
 )
 
 var (
@@ -231,3 +233,70 @@ func TestValidRepositoryName(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fail()
 	}
 }
+
+func TestTrustedLocation(t *testing.T) {
+	for _, url := range []string{"http://example.com", "https://example.com:7777", "http://docker.io", "http://test.docker.io"} {
+		req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)
+		if trustedLocation(req) == true {
+			t.Fatalf("'%s' shouldn't be detected as a trusted location", url)
+		}
+	}
+
+	for _, url := range []string{"https://docker.io", "https://test.docker.io:80"} {
+		req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)
+		if trustedLocation(req) == false {
+			t.Fatalf("'%s' should be detected as a trusted location", url)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func TestAddRequiredHeadersToRedirectedRequests(t *testing.T) {
+	for _, urls := range [][]string{
+		{"http://docker.io", "https://docker.com"},
+		{"https://foo.docker.io:7777", "http://bar.docker.com"},
+		{"https://foo.docker.io", "https://example.com"},
+	} {
+		reqFrom, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", urls[0], nil)
+		reqFrom.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
+		reqFrom.Header.Add("Authorization", "super_secret")
+		reqTo, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", urls[1], nil)
+
+		AddRequiredHeadersToRedirectedRequests(reqTo, []*http.Request{reqFrom})
+
+		if len(reqTo.Header) != 1 {
+			t.Fatal("Expected 1 headers, got %d", len(reqTo.Header))
+		}
+
+		if reqTo.Header.Get("Content-Type") != "application/json" {
+			t.Fatal("'Content-Type' should be 'application/json'")
+		}
+
+		if reqTo.Header.Get("Authorization") != "" {
+			t.Fatal("'Authorization' should be empty")
+		}
+	}
+
+	for _, urls := range [][]string{
+		{"https://docker.io", "https://docker.com"},
+		{"https://foo.docker.io:7777", "https://bar.docker.com"},
+	} {
+		reqFrom, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", urls[0], nil)
+		reqFrom.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
+		reqFrom.Header.Add("Authorization", "super_secret")
+		reqTo, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", urls[1], nil)
+
+		AddRequiredHeadersToRedirectedRequests(reqTo, []*http.Request{reqFrom})
+
+		if len(reqTo.Header) != 2 {
+			t.Fatal("Expected 2 headers, got %d", len(reqTo.Header))
+		}
+
+		if reqTo.Header.Get("Content-Type") != "application/json" {
+			t.Fatal("'Content-Type' should be 'application/json'")
+		}
+
+		if reqTo.Header.Get("Authorization") != "super_secret" {
+			t.Fatal("'Authorization' should be 'super_secret'")
+		}
+	}
+}