diff --git a/manila/api/common.py b/manila/api/common.py
index af9a88ca9e..015a7f242c 100644
--- a/manila/api/common.py
+++ b/manila/api/common.py
@@ -142,20 +142,25 @@ def limited(items, request, max_limit=CONF.osapi_max_limit):
 def remove_version_from_href(href):
     """Removes the first api version from the href.
 
-    Given: 'http://www.manila.com/v1.1/123'
-    Returns: 'http://www.manila.com/123'
+    Given: 'http://manila.example.com/v1.1/123'
+    Returns: 'http://manila.example.com/123'
 
     Given: 'http://www.manila.com/v1.1'
     Returns: 'http://www.manila.com'
 
+    Given: 'http://manila.example.com/share/v1.1/123'
+    Returns: 'http://manila.example.com/share/123'
+
     """
     parsed_url = parse.urlsplit(href)
-    url_parts = parsed_url.path.split('/', 2)
+    url_parts = parsed_url.path.split('/')
 
     # NOTE: this should match vX.X or vX
     expression = re.compile(r'^v([0-9]+|[0-9]+\.[0-9]+)(/.*|$)')
-    if expression.match(url_parts[1]):
-        del url_parts[1]
+    for x in range(len(url_parts)):
+        if expression.match(url_parts[x]):
+            del url_parts[x]
+            break
 
     new_path = '/'.join(url_parts)
 
diff --git a/manila/tests/api/test_common.py b/manila/tests/api/test_common.py
index e6c70d4d6c..5bb595b2ff 100644
--- a/manila/tests/api/test_common.py
+++ b/manila/tests/api/test_common.py
@@ -196,50 +196,36 @@ class PaginationParamsTest(test.TestCase):
 @ddt.ddt
 class MiscFunctionsTest(test.TestCase):
 
-    def test_remove_major_version_from_href(self):
-        fixture = 'http://www.testsite.com/v1/images'
-        expected = 'http://www.testsite.com/images'
+    @ddt.data(
+        ('http://manila.example.com/v2/b2d18606-2673-4965-885a-4f5a8b955b9b/',
+         'http://manila.example.com/b2d18606-2673-4965-885a-4f5a8b955b9b/'),
+        ('http://manila.example.com/v1/',
+         'http://manila.example.com/'),
+        ('http://manila.example.com/share/v2.22/',
+         'http://manila.example.com/share/'),
+        ('http://manila.example.com/share/v1/'
+            'b2d18606-2673-4965-885a-4f5a8b955b9b/',
+         'http://manila.example.com/share/'
+         'b2d18606-2673-4965-885a-4f5a8b955b9b/'),
+        ('http://10.10.10.10:3366/v1/',
+         'http://10.10.10.10:3366/'),
+        ('http://10.10.10.10:3366/v2/b2d18606-2673-4965-885a-4f5a8b955b9b/',
+         'http://10.10.10.10:3366/b2d18606-2673-4965-885a-4f5a8b955b9b/'),
+        ('http://manila.example.com:3366/v1.1/',
+         'http://manila.example.com:3366/'),
+        ('http://manila.example.com:3366/v2/'
+            'b2d18606-2673-4965-885a-4f5a8b955b9b/',
+         'http://manila.example.com:3366/'
+         'b2d18606-2673-4965-885a-4f5a8b955b9b/'))
+    @ddt.unpack
+    def test_remove_version_from_href(self, fixture, expected):
         actual = common.remove_version_from_href(fixture)
         self.assertEqual(expected, actual)
 
-    def test_remove_version_from_href(self):
-        fixture = 'http://www.testsite.com/v1.1/images'
-        expected = 'http://www.testsite.com/images'
-        actual = common.remove_version_from_href(fixture)
-        self.assertEqual(expected, actual)
-
-    def test_remove_version_from_href_2(self):
-        fixture = 'http://www.testsite.com/v1.1/'
-        expected = 'http://www.testsite.com/'
-        actual = common.remove_version_from_href(fixture)
-        self.assertEqual(expected, actual)
-
-    def test_remove_version_from_href_3(self):
-        fixture = 'http://www.testsite.com/v10.10'
-        expected = 'http://www.testsite.com'
-        actual = common.remove_version_from_href(fixture)
-        self.assertEqual(expected, actual)
-
-    def test_remove_version_from_href_4(self):
-        fixture = 'http://www.testsite.com/v1.1/images/v10.5'
-        expected = 'http://www.testsite.com/images/v10.5'
-        actual = common.remove_version_from_href(fixture)
-        self.assertEqual(expected, actual)
-
-    def test_remove_version_from_href_bad_request(self):
-        fixture = 'http://www.testsite.com/1.1/images'
-        self.assertRaises(ValueError,
-                          common.remove_version_from_href,
-                          fixture)
-
-    def test_remove_version_from_href_bad_request_2(self):
-        fixture = 'http://www.testsite.com/v/images'
-        self.assertRaises(ValueError,
-                          common.remove_version_from_href,
-                          fixture)
-
-    def test_remove_version_from_href_bad_request_3(self):
-        fixture = 'http://www.testsite.com/v1.1images'
+    @ddt.data('http://manila.example.com/1.1/shares',
+              'http://manila.example.com/v/shares',
+              'http://manila.example.com/v1.1shares')
+    def test_remove_version_from_href_bad_request(self, fixture):
         self.assertRaises(ValueError,
                           common.remove_version_from_href,
                           fixture)
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/bug-1815038-extend-remove_version_from_href-support-ea479daaaf5c5700.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/bug-1815038-extend-remove_version_from_href-support-ea479daaaf5c5700.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..18c7f7261b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/bug-1815038-extend-remove_version_from_href-support-ea479daaaf5c5700.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+fixes:
+  - |
+    `Launchpad bug 1815038 <https://bugs.launchpad.net/manila/+bug/1815038>`_
+    has been fixed and now we correctly parse the base URL from manila's
+    endpoint url, accounting for proxy URLs.