diff --git a/cmd/api-response.go b/cmd/api-response.go
index 9e139b9d7..088df94fa 100644
--- a/cmd/api-response.go
+++ b/cmd/api-response.go
@@ -275,9 +275,25 @@ func getLocation(r *http.Request) string {
 	return path.Clean(r.URL.Path) // Clean any trailing slashes.
 }
 
-// getObjectLocation gets the relative URL for an object
-func getObjectLocation(bucketName string, key string) string {
-	return "/" + bucketName + "/" + key
+// returns "https" if the tls boolean is true, "http" otherwise.
+func getURLScheme(tls bool) string {
+	if tls {
+		return httpsScheme
+	}
+	return httpScheme
+}
+
+// getObjectLocation gets the fully qualified URL of an object.
+func getObjectLocation(host, proto, bucket, object string) string {
+	if proto == "" {
+		proto = getURLScheme(globalIsSSL)
+	}
+	u := url.URL{
+		Host:   host,
+		Path:   path.Join(slashSeparator, bucket, object),
+		Scheme: proto,
+	}
+	return u.String()
 }
 
 // generates ListBucketsResponse from array of BucketInfo which can be
diff --git a/cmd/api-response_test.go b/cmd/api-response_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6ad4dda10
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/api-response_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+/*
+ * Minio Cloud Storage, (C) 2017 Minio, Inc.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package cmd
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+)
+
+// Tests object location.
+func TestObjectLocation(t *testing.T) {
+	testCases := []struct {
+		host, proto, bucket, object string
+		expectedLocation            string
+	}{
+		// Server binding to localhost IP with https.
+		{
+			host:             "127.0.0.1:9000",
+			proto:            httpsScheme,
+			bucket:           "testbucket1",
+			object:           "test/1.txt",
+			expectedLocation: "https://127.0.0.1:9000/testbucket1/test/1.txt",
+		},
+		// Server binding to fqdn.
+		{
+			host:             "s3.mybucket.org",
+			proto:            httpScheme,
+			bucket:           "mybucket",
+			object:           "test/1.txt",
+			expectedLocation: "http://s3.mybucket.org/mybucket/test/1.txt",
+		},
+		// Server binding to fqdn.
+		{
+			host:             "mys3.mybucket.org",
+			proto:            "",
+			bucket:           "mybucket",
+			object:           "test/1.txt",
+			expectedLocation: "http://mys3.mybucket.org/mybucket/test/1.txt",
+		},
+	}
+	for i, testCase := range testCases {
+		gotLocation := getObjectLocation(testCase.host, testCase.proto, testCase.bucket, testCase.object)
+		if testCase.expectedLocation != gotLocation {
+			t.Errorf("Test %d: expected %s, got %s", i+1, testCase.expectedLocation, gotLocation)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// Tests getURLScheme function behavior.
+func TestGetURLScheme(t *testing.T) {
+	tls := false
+	gotScheme := getURLScheme(tls)
+	if gotScheme != httpScheme {
+		t.Errorf("Expected %s, got %s", httpScheme, gotScheme)
+	}
+	tls = true
+	gotScheme = getURLScheme(tls)
+	if gotScheme != httpsScheme {
+		t.Errorf("Expected %s, got %s", httpsScheme, gotScheme)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/cmd/bucket-handlers.go b/cmd/bucket-handlers.go
index 971369682..8bb4692e5 100644
--- a/cmd/bucket-handlers.go
+++ b/cmd/bucket-handlers.go
@@ -569,8 +569,10 @@ func (api objectAPIHandlers) PostPolicyBucketHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *h
 		return
 	}
 
+	port := r.Header.Get("X-Forward-Proto")
+	location := getObjectLocation(r.Host, port, bucket, object)
 	w.Header().Set("ETag", `"`+objInfo.ETag+`"`)
-	w.Header().Set("Location", getObjectLocation(bucket, object))
+	w.Header().Set("Location", location)
 
 	// Get host and port from Request.RemoteAddr.
 	host, port, err := net.SplitHostPort(r.RemoteAddr)
@@ -603,7 +605,7 @@ func (api objectAPIHandlers) PostPolicyBucketHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *h
 			Bucket:   objInfo.Bucket,
 			Key:      objInfo.Name,
 			ETag:     `"` + objInfo.ETag + `"`,
-			Location: getObjectLocation(objInfo.Bucket, objInfo.Name),
+			Location: location,
 		})
 		writeResponse(w, http.StatusCreated, resp, "application/xml")
 	case "200":
diff --git a/cmd/event-notifier.go b/cmd/event-notifier.go
index 8fa2780b8..72d306ef5 100644
--- a/cmd/event-notifier.go
+++ b/cmd/event-notifier.go
@@ -101,12 +101,7 @@ func newNotificationEvent(event eventData) NotificationEvent {
 			host = localIP4.ToSlice()[0]
 		}
 
-		scheme := httpScheme
-		if globalIsSSL {
-			scheme = httpsScheme
-		}
-
-		return fmt.Sprintf("%s://%s:%s", scheme, host, globalMinioPort)
+		return fmt.Sprintf("%s://%s:%s", getURLScheme(globalIsSSL), host, globalMinioPort)
 	}
 
 	// Fetch the region.
diff --git a/cmd/net.go b/cmd/net.go
index 8cccc2373..7ae2b7157 100644
--- a/cmd/net.go
+++ b/cmd/net.go
@@ -175,13 +175,8 @@ func getAPIEndpoints(serverAddr string) (apiEndpoints []string) {
 		ipList = []string{host}
 	}
 
-	scheme := httpScheme
-	if globalIsSSL {
-		scheme = httpsScheme
-	}
-
 	for _, ip := range ipList {
-		apiEndpoints = append(apiEndpoints, fmt.Sprintf("%s://%s:%s", scheme, ip, port))
+		apiEndpoints = append(apiEndpoints, fmt.Sprintf("%s://%s:%s", getURLScheme(globalIsSSL), ip, port))
 	}
 
 	return apiEndpoints