diff --git a/driver/failover_handler.cc b/driver/failover_handler.cc
index bf435e512..b4a3cd5dd 100644
--- a/driver/failover_handler.cc
+++ b/driver/failover_handler.cc
@@ -380,6 +380,12 @@ bool FAILOVER_HANDLER::should_connect_to_new_writer(const char* host) {
     ds_set_wstrnattr(&dbc->ds->server, (SQLWCHAR*)writer_host_wstr.c_str(), writer_host_wstr.size());
     ds_set_strnattr(&dbc->ds->server8, (SQLCHAR*)writer_host.c_str(), writer_host.size());
 
+    std::string suffix = ".proxied";
+    if (writer_host.compare(writer_host.length() - suffix.length(), suffix.length(), suffix) == 0) {
+        MYLOG_TRACE(init_log_file().get(), 0, "[FAILOVER_HANDLER] Updating port to 8666");
+        dbc->ds->port = 8666;
+    }
+
     MYLOG_TRACE(init_log_file().get(), 0, "[FAILOVER_HANDLER] returning true");
     return true;
 }