diff --git a/providers/dns/httpreq/httpreq.go b/providers/dns/httpreq/httpreq.go
index f6a1fe0c..af1b73a7 100644
--- a/providers/dns/httpreq/httpreq.go
+++ b/providers/dns/httpreq/httpreq.go
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import (
 	"net/http"
 	"net/url"
 	"os"
+	"path"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/xenolf/lego/challenge/dns01"
@@ -158,7 +159,8 @@ func (d *DNSProvider) doPost(uri string, msg interface{}) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	endpoint, err := d.config.Endpoint.Parse(uri)
+	newURI := path.Join(d.config.Endpoint.EscapedPath(), uri)
+	endpoint, err := d.config.Endpoint.Parse(newURI)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/providers/dns/httpreq/httpreq_test.go b/providers/dns/httpreq/httpreq_test.go
index 7b64d297..4ca4103d 100644
--- a/providers/dns/httpreq/httpreq_test.go
+++ b/providers/dns/httpreq/httpreq_test.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"net/http"
 	"net/http/httptest"
 	"net/url"
+	"path"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
@@ -104,6 +105,7 @@ func TestNewDNSProvider_Present(t *testing.T) {
 		mode          string
 		username      string
 		password      string
+		pathPrefix    string
 		handler       http.HandlerFunc
 		expectedError string
 	}{
@@ -111,6 +113,11 @@ func TestNewDNSProvider_Present(t *testing.T) {
 			desc:    "success",
 			handler: successHandler,
 		},
+		{
+			desc:       "success with path prefix",
+			handler:    successHandler,
+			pathPrefix: "/api/acme/",
+		},
 		{
 			desc:          "error",
 			handler:       http.NotFound,
@@ -150,11 +157,11 @@ func TestNewDNSProvider_Present(t *testing.T) {
 			t.Parallel()
 
 			mux := http.NewServeMux()
-			mux.HandleFunc("/present", test.handler)
+			mux.HandleFunc(path.Join("/", test.pathPrefix, "present"), test.handler)
 			server := httptest.NewServer(mux)
 
 			config := NewDefaultConfig()
-			config.Endpoint = mustParse(server.URL)
+			config.Endpoint = mustParse(server.URL + test.pathPrefix)
 			config.Mode = test.mode
 			config.Username = test.username
 			config.Password = test.password