--- a/jdk/src/share/classes/sun/net/www/protocol/http/HttpURLConnection.java	Wed Jun 11 18:27:10 2014 +0800
+++ b/jdk/src/share/classes/sun/net/www/protocol/http/HttpURLConnection.java	Tue Jun 10 11:15:23 2014 +0100
@@ -552,7 +552,7 @@
             }
             requests.setIfNotSet("User-Agent", userAgent);
             int port = url.getPort();
-            String host = url.getHost();
+            String host = stripIPv6ZoneId(url.getHost());
             if (port != -1 && port != url.getDefaultPort()) {
                 host += ":" + String.valueOf(port);
             }
@@ -2659,7 +2659,7 @@
                     requests.set(0, method + " " + getRequestURI()+" "  +
                                  httpVersion, null);
                     int port = url.getPort();
-                    String host = url.getHost();
+                    String host = stripIPv6ZoneId(url.getHost());
                     if (port != -1 && port != url.getDefaultPort()) {
                         host += ":" + String.valueOf(port);
                     }
@@ -3204,6 +3204,24 @@
         return headers;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Returns the given host, without the IPv6 Zone Id, if present.
+     * (e.g. [fe80::a00:27ff:aaaa:aaaa%eth0] -> [fe80::a00:27ff:aaaa:aaaa])
+     *
+     * @param host host address (not null, not empty)
+     * @return host address without Zone Id
+     */
+    static String stripIPv6ZoneId(String host) {
+        if (host.charAt(0) != '[') { // not an IPv6-literal
+            return host;
+        }
+        int i = host.lastIndexOf('%');
+        if (i == -1) { // doesn't contain zone_id
+            return host;
+        }
+        return host.substring(0, i) + "]";
+    }
+
     /* The purpose of this wrapper is just to capture the close() call
      * so we can check authentication information that may have
      * arrived in a Trailer field

--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/jdk/test/sun/net/www/protocol/http/ZoneId.java	Tue Jun 10 11:15:23 2014 +0100
@@ -0,0 +1,127 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2014, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+ *
+ * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+ * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
+ * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
+ * questions.
+ */
+
+/*
+ * @test
+ * @bug 8027308
+ * @summary  verifies that HttpURLConnection does not send the zone id in the
+ *           'Host' field of the header:
+ *              Host: [fe80::a00:27ff:aaaa:aaaa] instead of
+ *              Host: [fe80::a00:27ff:aaaa:aaaa%eth0]"
+ */
+
+import com.sun.net.httpserver.Headers;
+import com.sun.net.httpserver.HttpExchange;
+import com.sun.net.httpserver.HttpHandler;
+import com.sun.net.httpserver.HttpServer;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.net.*;
+import java.util.Enumeration;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture;
+import java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException;
+
+public class ZoneId {
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
+
+        InetAddress address = getAppropriateIPv6Address();
+
+        if (address == null) {
+            System.out.println(
+                    "The test will be skipped as not a single " +
+                    "appropriate IPv6 address was found on this machine");
+            return;
+        }
+        String ip6_literal = address.getHostAddress();
+
+        System.out.println("Found an appropriate IPv6 address: " + address);
+
+        System.out.println("Starting http server...");
+        HttpServer server =
+                HttpServer.create(new InetSocketAddress(address, 0), 0);
+        CompletableFuture<Headers> headers = new CompletableFuture<>();
+        server.createContext("/", createCapturingHandler(headers));
+        server.start();
+        System.out.println("Started at " + server.getAddress());
+        try {
+            String spec = "http://[" + address.getHostAddress() + "]:" + server.getAddress().getPort();
+            System.out.println("Client is connecting to: " + spec);
+            URLConnection urlConnection = new URL(spec).openConnection();
+            ((sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection) urlConnection)
+                    .getResponseCode();
+        } finally {
+            System.out.println("Shutting down the server...");
+            server.stop(0);
+        }
+
+        int idx = ip6_literal.lastIndexOf('%');
+        String ip6_address = ip6_literal.substring(0, idx);
+        List<String> hosts = headers.get().get("Host");
+
+        System.out.println("Host: " + hosts);
+
+        if (hosts.size() != 1 || hosts.get(0).contains("%") ||
+                                !hosts.get(0).contains(ip6_address)) {
+            throw new RuntimeException("FAIL");
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static InetAddress getAppropriateIPv6Address() throws SocketException {
+        System.out.println("Searching through the network interfaces...");
+        Enumeration<NetworkInterface> is = NetworkInterface.getNetworkInterfaces();
+        while (is.hasMoreElements()) {
+            NetworkInterface i = is.nextElement();
+            System.out.println("\tinterface: " + i);
+
+            // just a "good enough" marker that the interface
+            // does not support a loopback and therefore should not be used
+            if ( i.getHardwareAddress() == null) continue;
+            if (!i.isUp()) continue;
+
+            Enumeration<InetAddress> as = i.getInetAddresses();
+            while (as.hasMoreElements()) {
+                InetAddress a = as.nextElement();
+                System.out.println("\t\taddress: " + a.getHostAddress());
+                if ( !(a instanceof Inet6Address &&
+                       a.toString().contains("%")) ) {
+                    continue;
+                }
+                return a;
+            }
+        }
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    private static HttpHandler createCapturingHandler(CompletableFuture<Headers> headers) {
+        return new HttpHandler() {
+            @Override
+            public void handle(HttpExchange exchange) throws IOException {
+                headers.complete(exchange.getRequestHeaders());
+                exchange.sendResponseHeaders(HttpURLConnection.HTTP_OK, -1);
+                exchange.close();
+            }
+        };
+    }
+}