diff --git a/glanceclient/common/http.py b/glanceclient/common/http.py
index 7c8c0f4c..0564df62 100644
--- a/glanceclient/common/http.py
+++ b/glanceclient/common/http.py
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import errno
 import hashlib
 import httplib
 import logging
+import posixpath
 import socket
 import StringIO
 import struct
@@ -190,7 +191,20 @@ class HTTPClient(object):
 
         try:
             if self.endpoint_path:
-                url = urlparse.urljoin(self.endpoint_path, url)
+                # NOTE(yuyangbj): this method _http_request could either be
+                # called by API layer, or be called recursively with
+                # redirection. For example, url would be '/v1/images/detail'
+                # from API layer, but url would be 'https://example.com:92/
+                # v1/images/detail'  from recursion.
+                # See bug #1230032 and bug #1208618.
+                if url is not None:
+                    all_parts = urlparse.urlparse(url)
+                    if not (all_parts.scheme and all_parts.netloc):
+                        norm_parse = posixpath.normpath
+                        url = norm_parse('/'.join([self.endpoint_path, url]))
+                else:
+                    url = self.endpoint_path
+
             conn_url = urlparse.urlsplit(url).geturl()
             # Note(flaper87): Ditto, headers / url
             # encoding to make httplib happy.
diff --git a/tests/test_http.py b/tests/test_http.py
index 81455468..8bc262d5 100644
--- a/tests/test_http.py
+++ b/tests/test_http.py
@@ -168,6 +168,34 @@ class TestClient(testtools.TestCase):
         resp, body = self.client.raw_request('GET', '/v1/images/detail')
         self.assertEqual(resp, fake)
 
+    def test_customized_path_raw_request(self):
+        """
+        Verify the customized path being used for HTTP requests
+        reflects accurately
+        """
+
+        def check_request(method, path, **kwargs):
+            self.assertEqual(method, 'GET')
+            self.assertEqual(path, '/customized-path/v1/images/detail')
+
+        # NOTE(yuyangbj): see bug 1230032 to get more info
+        endpoint = 'http://example.com:9292/customized-path'
+        client = http.HTTPClient(endpoint, token=u'abc123')
+        self.assertEqual(client.endpoint_path, '/customized-path')
+
+        httplib.HTTPConnection.request(
+            mox.IgnoreArg(),
+            mox.IgnoreArg(),
+            headers=mox.IgnoreArg()).WithSideEffects(check_request)
+
+        # fake the response returned by httplib
+        fake = utils.FakeResponse({}, StringIO.StringIO('Ok'))
+        httplib.HTTPConnection.getresponse().AndReturn(fake)
+        self.mock.ReplayAll()
+
+        resp, body = client.raw_request('GET', '/v1/images/detail')
+        self.assertEqual(resp, fake)
+
     def test_connection_refused_raw_request(self):
         """
         Should receive a CommunicationError if connection refused.