diff --git a/phpBB/phpbb/controller/helper.php b/phpBB/phpbb/controller/helper.php
index 08a63639b9..ce6bfba981 100644
--- a/phpBB/phpbb/controller/helper.php
+++ b/phpBB/phpbb/controller/helper.php
@@ -71,7 +71,8 @@ class helper
 	* @param \phpbb\template\template $template Template object
 	* @param \phpbb\user $user User object
 	* @param \phpbb\config\config $config Config object
-	* @param \phpbb\controller\provider $provider Path provider
+	 *
+	 * @param \phpbb\controller\provider $provider Path provider
 	* @param \phpbb\extension\manager $manager Extension manager object
 	* @param \phpbb\symfony_request $symfony_request Symfony Request object
 	* @param \phpbb\request\request_interface $request phpBB request object
@@ -143,6 +144,15 @@ class helper
 		$context = new RequestContext();
 		$context->fromRequest($this->symfony_request);
 
+		if ($this->config['force_server_vars'])
+		{
+			$context->setHost($this->config['server_name']);
+			$context->setScheme(substr($this->config['server_protocol'], 0, -3));
+			$context->setHttpPort($this->config['server_port']);
+			$context->setHttpsPort($this->config['server_port']);
+			$context->setBaseUrl(rtrim($this->config['script_path'], '/'));
+		}
+
 		$script_name = $this->symfony_request->getScriptName();
 		$page_name = substr($script_name, -1, 1) == '/' ? '' : utf8_basename($script_name);
 
@@ -158,7 +168,7 @@ class helper
 		$base_url = str_replace('/' . $page_name, empty($this->config['enable_mod_rewrite']) ? '/app.' . $this->php_ext : '', $base_url);
 
 		// We need to update the base url to move to the directory of the app.php file if the current script is not app.php
-		if ($page_name !== 'app.php')
+		if ($page_name !== 'app.php' && !$this->config['force_server_vars'])
 		{
 			if (empty($this->config['enable_mod_rewrite']))
 			{
diff --git a/tests/controller/common_helper_route.php b/tests/controller/common_helper_route.php
index ff1af8119b..ea77a289c9 100644
--- a/tests/controller/common_helper_route.php
+++ b/tests/controller/common_helper_route.php
@@ -18,6 +18,15 @@ use Symfony\Component\Routing\Generator\UrlGeneratorInterface;
 abstract class phpbb_controller_common_helper_route extends phpbb_test_case
 {
 	protected $root_path;
+	private   $user;
+	private   $config;
+	private   $template;
+	private   $extension_manager;
+	private   $request;
+	private   $symfony_request;
+	private   $provider;
+	private   $filesystem;
+	private   $phpbb_path_helper;
 
 	public function setUp()
 	{
@@ -68,6 +77,8 @@ abstract class phpbb_controller_common_helper_route extends phpbb_test_case
 
 	protected function generate_route_objects()
 	{
+		global $request;
+
 		$this->request = new phpbb_mock_request();
 		$this->request->overwrite('SCRIPT_NAME', $this->get_uri(), \phpbb\request\request_interface::SERVER);
 		$this->request->overwrite('SCRIPT_FILENAME', $this->get_script_name(), \phpbb\request\request_interface::SERVER);
@@ -75,6 +86,8 @@ abstract class phpbb_controller_common_helper_route extends phpbb_test_case
 		$this->request->overwrite('SERVER_NAME', 'localhost', \phpbb\request\request_interface::SERVER);
 		$this->request->overwrite('SERVER_PORT', '80', \phpbb\request\request_interface::SERVER);
 
+		$request = $this->request;
+
 		$this->symfony_request = new \phpbb\symfony_request(
 			$this->request
 		);
@@ -135,8 +148,8 @@ abstract class phpbb_controller_common_helper_route extends phpbb_test_case
 	*/
 	public function test_helper_url_no_rewrite($route, $params, $is_amp, $session_id, $expected, $description)
 	{
-		$this->helper = new phpbb_mock_controller_helper($this->template, $this->user, $this->config, $this->provider, $this->extension_manager, $this->symfony_request, $this->request, $this->filesystem, $this->root_path, 'php', dirname(__FILE__) . '/');
-		$this->assertEquals($expected, $this->helper->route($route, $params, $is_amp, $session_id));
+		$helper = new phpbb_mock_controller_helper($this->template, $this->user, $this->config, $this->provider, $this->extension_manager, $this->symfony_request, $this->request, $this->filesystem, $this->root_path, 'php', dirname(__FILE__) . '/');
+		static::assertEquals($expected, $helper->route($route, $params, $is_amp, $session_id), $description);
 	}
 
 	public function helper_url_data_with_rewrite()
@@ -175,8 +188,8 @@ abstract class phpbb_controller_common_helper_route extends phpbb_test_case
 	public function test_helper_url_with_rewrite($route, $params, $is_amp, $session_id, $expected, $description)
 	{
 		$this->config = new \phpbb\config\config(array('enable_mod_rewrite' => '1'));
-		$this->helper = new phpbb_mock_controller_helper($this->template, $this->user, $this->config, $this->provider, $this->extension_manager, $this->symfony_request, $this->request, $this->filesystem, $this->root_path, 'php', dirname(__FILE__) . '/');
-		$this->assertEquals($expected, $this->helper->route($route, $params, $is_amp, $session_id));
+		$helper = new phpbb_mock_controller_helper($this->template, $this->user, $this->config, $this->provider, $this->extension_manager, $this->symfony_request, $this->request, $this->filesystem, $this->root_path, 'php', dirname(__FILE__) . '/');
+		static::assertEquals($expected, $helper->route($route, $params, $is_amp, $session_id), $description);
 	}
 
 	public function helper_url_data_absolute()
@@ -215,8 +228,8 @@ abstract class phpbb_controller_common_helper_route extends phpbb_test_case
 	public function test_helper_url_absolute($route, $params, $is_amp, $session_id, $expected, $description)
 	{
 		$this->config = new \phpbb\config\config(array('enable_mod_rewrite' => '0'));
-		$this->helper = new phpbb_mock_controller_helper($this->template, $this->user, $this->config, $this->provider, $this->extension_manager, $this->symfony_request, $this->request, $this->filesystem, $this->root_path, 'php', dirname(__FILE__) . '/');
-		$this->assertEquals($expected, $this->helper->route($route, $params, $is_amp, $session_id, UrlGeneratorInterface::ABSOLUTE_URL));
+		$helper = new phpbb_mock_controller_helper($this->template, $this->user, $this->config, $this->provider, $this->extension_manager, $this->symfony_request, $this->request, $this->filesystem, $this->root_path, 'php', dirname(__FILE__) . '/');
+		static::assertEquals($expected, $helper->route($route, $params, $is_amp, $session_id, UrlGeneratorInterface::ABSOLUTE_URL), $description);
 	}
 
 	public function helper_url_data_relative_path()
@@ -255,8 +268,8 @@ abstract class phpbb_controller_common_helper_route extends phpbb_test_case
 	public function test_helper_url_relative_path($route, $params, $is_amp, $session_id, $expected, $description)
 	{
 		$this->config = new \phpbb\config\config(array('enable_mod_rewrite' => '0'));
-		$this->helper = new phpbb_mock_controller_helper($this->template, $this->user, $this->config, $this->provider, $this->extension_manager, $this->symfony_request, $this->request, $this->filesystem, $this->root_path, 'php', dirname(__FILE__) . '/');
-		$this->assertEquals($expected, $this->helper->route($route, $params, $is_amp, $session_id, UrlGeneratorInterface::RELATIVE_PATH));
+		$helper = new phpbb_mock_controller_helper($this->template, $this->user, $this->config, $this->provider, $this->extension_manager, $this->symfony_request, $this->request, $this->filesystem, $this->root_path, 'php', dirname(__FILE__) . '/');
+		static::assertEquals($expected, $helper->route($route, $params, $is_amp, $session_id, UrlGeneratorInterface::RELATIVE_PATH), $description);
 	}
 
 	public function helper_url_data_network()
@@ -295,8 +308,8 @@ abstract class phpbb_controller_common_helper_route extends phpbb_test_case
 	public function test_helper_url_network($route, $params, $is_amp, $session_id, $expected, $description)
 	{
 		$this->config = new \phpbb\config\config(array('enable_mod_rewrite' => '0'));
-		$this->helper = new phpbb_mock_controller_helper($this->template, $this->user, $this->config, $this->provider, $this->extension_manager, $this->symfony_request, $this->request, $this->filesystem, $this->root_path, 'php', dirname(__FILE__) . '/');
-		$this->assertEquals($expected, $this->helper->route($route, $params, $is_amp, $session_id, UrlGeneratorInterface::NETWORK_PATH));
+		$helper = new phpbb_mock_controller_helper($this->template, $this->user, $this->config, $this->provider, $this->extension_manager, $this->symfony_request, $this->request, $this->filesystem, $this->root_path, 'php', dirname(__FILE__) . '/');
+		static::assertEquals($expected, $helper->route($route, $params, $is_amp, $session_id, UrlGeneratorInterface::NETWORK_PATH), $description);
 	}
 //TODO
 	public function helper_url_data_absolute_with_rewrite()
@@ -335,8 +348,8 @@ abstract class phpbb_controller_common_helper_route extends phpbb_test_case
 	public function test_helper_url_absolute_with_rewrite($route, $params, $is_amp, $session_id, $expected, $description)
 	{
 		$this->config = new \phpbb\config\config(array('enable_mod_rewrite' => '1'));
-		$this->helper = new phpbb_mock_controller_helper($this->template, $this->user, $this->config, $this->provider, $this->extension_manager, $this->symfony_request, $this->request, $this->filesystem, $this->root_path, 'php', dirname(__FILE__) . '/');
-		$this->assertEquals($expected, $this->helper->route($route, $params, $is_amp, $session_id, UrlGeneratorInterface::ABSOLUTE_URL));
+		$helper = new phpbb_mock_controller_helper($this->template, $this->user, $this->config, $this->provider, $this->extension_manager, $this->symfony_request, $this->request, $this->filesystem, $this->root_path, 'php', dirname(__FILE__) . '/');
+		static::assertEquals($expected, $helper->route($route, $params, $is_amp, $session_id, UrlGeneratorInterface::ABSOLUTE_URL), $description);
 	}
 
 	public function helper_url_data_relative_path_with_rewrite()
@@ -375,8 +388,8 @@ abstract class phpbb_controller_common_helper_route extends phpbb_test_case
 	public function test_helper_url_relative_path_with_rewrite($route, $params, $is_amp, $session_id, $expected, $description)
 	{
 		$this->config = new \phpbb\config\config(array('enable_mod_rewrite' => '1'));
-		$this->helper = new phpbb_mock_controller_helper($this->template, $this->user, $this->config, $this->provider, $this->extension_manager, $this->symfony_request, $this->request, $this->filesystem, $this->root_path, 'php', dirname(__FILE__) . '/');
-		$this->assertEquals($expected, $this->helper->route($route, $params, $is_amp, $session_id, UrlGeneratorInterface::RELATIVE_PATH));
+		$helper = new phpbb_mock_controller_helper($this->template, $this->user, $this->config, $this->provider, $this->extension_manager, $this->symfony_request, $this->request, $this->filesystem, $this->root_path, 'php', dirname(__FILE__) . '/');
+		static::assertEquals($expected, $helper->route($route, $params, $is_amp, $session_id, UrlGeneratorInterface::RELATIVE_PATH), $description);
 	}
 
 	public function helper_url_data_network_with_rewrite()
@@ -415,7 +428,40 @@ abstract class phpbb_controller_common_helper_route extends phpbb_test_case
 	public function test_helper_url_network_with_rewrite($route, $params, $is_amp, $session_id, $expected, $description)
 	{
 		$this->config = new \phpbb\config\config(array('enable_mod_rewrite' => '1'));
-		$this->helper = new phpbb_mock_controller_helper($this->template, $this->user, $this->config, $this->provider, $this->extension_manager, $this->symfony_request, $this->request, $this->filesystem, $this->root_path, 'php', dirname(__FILE__) . '/');
-		$this->assertEquals($expected, $this->helper->route($route, $params, $is_amp, $session_id, UrlGeneratorInterface::NETWORK_PATH));
+		$helper = new phpbb_mock_controller_helper($this->template, $this->user, $this->config, $this->provider, $this->extension_manager, $this->symfony_request, $this->request, $this->filesystem, $this->root_path, 'php', dirname(__FILE__) . '/');
+		static::assertEquals($expected, $helper->route($route, $params, $is_amp, $session_id, UrlGeneratorInterface::NETWORK_PATH), $description);
+	}
+
+	public function helper_url_data_force_server_vars()
+	{
+		return array(
+			array(false, true, 'my_server', 443, '/my/board', 'http://', UrlGeneratorInterface::ABSOLUTE_URL, 'http://my_server:443/my/board/app.php/foo'),
+			array(true, true, 'my_server', 444, '/my/board', 'https://', UrlGeneratorInterface::ABSOLUTE_URL, 'https://my_server:444/my/board/foo'),
+			array(false, true, 'my_server', 443, '/my/board', 'http://', UrlGeneratorInterface::NETWORK_PATH, '//my_server:443/my/board/app.php/foo'),
+			array(true, true, 'my_server', 444, '/my/board', 'https://', UrlGeneratorInterface::NETWORK_PATH, '//my_server:444/my/board/foo'),
+			array(false, true, 'my_server', 443, '/my/board', 'http://', UrlGeneratorInterface::ABSOLUTE_PATH, '/my/board/app.php/foo'),
+			array(true, true, 'my_server', 443, '/my/board', 'http://', UrlGeneratorInterface::ABSOLUTE_PATH, '/my/board/foo'),
+			array(false, true, 'my_server', 443, '/my/board', 'http://', UrlGeneratorInterface::RELATIVE_PATH, 'app.php/foo'),
+			array(true, true, 'my_server', 443, '/my/board', 'http://', UrlGeneratorInterface::RELATIVE_PATH, 'foo'),
+		);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @dataProvider helper_url_data_force_server_vars()
+	 */
+	public function test_helper_url_force_server_vars($enable_mod_rewrite, $force_server_vars, $server_name, $server_port, $script_path, $server_protocol, $type, $expected)
+	{
+		$this->config = new \phpbb\config\config(array(
+			'enable_mod_rewrite' => $enable_mod_rewrite,
+			'force_server_vars' => $force_server_vars,
+			'server_name' => $server_name,
+			'server_port' => $server_port,
+			'script_path' => $script_path,
+			'server_protocol' => $server_protocol,
+		));
+
+		$helper = new phpbb_mock_controller_helper($this->template, $this->user, $this->config, $this->provider, $this->extension_manager, $this->symfony_request, $this->request, $this->filesystem, $this->root_path, 'php', dirname(__FILE__) . '/');
+		static::assertEquals($expected, $helper->route('controller1', array(), false, false, $type));
+
 	}
 }