diff --git a/docker-java-transport-okhttp/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/okhttp/OkDockerHttpClient.java b/docker-java-transport-okhttp/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/okhttp/OkDockerHttpClient.java
index 3778d8bb4..977de806b 100644
--- a/docker-java-transport-okhttp/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/okhttp/OkDockerHttpClient.java
+++ b/docker-java-transport-okhttp/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/okhttp/OkDockerHttpClient.java
@@ -168,7 +168,8 @@ private OkDockerHttpClient(
                 baseUrlBuilder = new HttpUrl.Builder()
                     .scheme(isSSL ? "https" : "http")
                     .host(dockerHost.getHost())
-                    .port(dockerHost.getPort());
+                    .port(dockerHost.getPort())
+                    .addPathSegment(dockerHost.getPath());
                 break;
             default:
                 baseUrlBuilder = HttpUrl.get(dockerHost.toString()).newBuilder();