diff --git a/grub-core/net/http.c b/grub-core/net/http.c
index 5aa4ad3be..389a78ee0 100644
--- a/grub-core/net/http.c
+++ b/grub-core/net/http.c
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ http_establish (struct grub_file *file, grub_off_t offset, int initial)
 {
   http_data_t data = file->data;
   grub_uint8_t *ptr;
-  int i;
+  int i, port;
   struct grub_net_buff *nb;
   grub_err_t err;
 
@@ -390,8 +390,12 @@ http_establish (struct grub_file *file, grub_off_t offset, int initial)
   grub_netbuff_put (nb, 2);
   grub_memcpy (ptr, "\r\n", 2);
 
+  if (file->device->net->port)
+    port = file->device->net->port;
+  else
+    port = HTTP_PORT;
   data->sock = grub_net_tcp_open (file->device->net->server,
-				  HTTP_PORT, http_receive,
+				  port, http_receive,
 				  http_err, http_err,
 				  file);
   if (!data->sock)
diff --git a/grub-core/net/net.c b/grub-core/net/net.c
index 10773fc34..cc1e57744 100644
--- a/grub-core/net/net.c
+++ b/grub-core/net/net.c
@@ -1261,7 +1261,7 @@ grub_net_open_real (const char *name)
   grub_net_app_level_t proto;
   const char *protname, *server;
   grub_size_t protnamelen;
-  int try;
+  int try, port = 0;
 
   if (grub_strncmp (name, "pxe:", sizeof ("pxe:") - 1) == 0)
     {
@@ -1278,7 +1278,14 @@ grub_net_open_real (const char *name)
   else
     {
       const char *comma;
+      char *colon;
       comma = grub_strchr (name, ',');
+      colon = grub_strchr (name, ':');
+      if (colon)
+	{
+	  port = (int) grub_strtol(colon+1, NULL, 10);
+	  *colon = '\0';
+	}
       if (comma)
 	{
 	  protnamelen = comma - name;
@@ -1316,6 +1323,7 @@ grub_net_open_real (const char *name)
 		grub_free (ret);
 		return NULL;
 	      }
+	    ret->port = port;
 	    ret->fs = &grub_net_fs;
 	    return ret;
 	  }
diff --git a/include/grub/net.h b/include/grub/net.h
index 2192fa186..c51750973 100644
--- a/include/grub/net.h
+++ b/include/grub/net.h
@@ -276,6 +276,7 @@ typedef struct grub_net
   grub_fs_t fs;
   int eof;
   int stall;
+  int port;
 } *grub_net_t;
 
 extern grub_net_t (*EXPORT_VAR (grub_net_open)) (const char *name);