https://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=52774

--- modules/mappers/mod_rewrite.c	Tue Jan 24 11:39:31 2012
+++ modules/mappers/mod_rewrite.c	Thu Apr  5 07:37:37 2012
@@ -4266,9 +4266,13 @@
         return DECLINED;
     }
 
-    if ((r->unparsed_uri[0] == '*' && r->unparsed_uri[1] == '\0')
-        || !r->uri || r->uri[0] != '/') {
+    if ((r->unparsed_uri[0] == '*' && r->unparsed_uri[1] == '\0') || !r->uri) {
         return DECLINED;
+    } else if (r->uri[0] != '/') {
+        if (strncmp(r->uri, "http://" , 7) != 0 && 
+            strncmp(r->uri, "https://", 8 )!= 0) {
+             return DECLINED;
+        }
     }
 
     /*