diff --git a/docs/content/middlewares/http/redirectscheme.md b/docs/content/middlewares/http/redirectscheme.md
index 3e37e89fc..9c7a67ec1 100644
--- a/docs/content/middlewares/http/redirectscheme.md
+++ b/docs/content/middlewares/http/redirectscheme.md
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ TODO: add schema
 -->
 
 The RedirectScheme middleware redirects the request if the request scheme is different from the configured scheme.
-The middleware does not work for websocket requests. 
 
 !!! warning "When behind another reverse-proxy"
 
diff --git a/pkg/middlewares/forwardedheaders/forwarded_header.go b/pkg/middlewares/forwardedheaders/forwarded_header.go
index d38011aa8..19881ad74 100644
--- a/pkg/middlewares/forwardedheaders/forwarded_header.go
+++ b/pkg/middlewares/forwardedheaders/forwarded_header.go
@@ -142,6 +142,9 @@ func (x *XForwarded) rewrite(outreq *http.Request) {
 
 	xfProto := unsafeHeader(outreq.Header).Get(xForwardedProto)
 	if xfProto == "" {
+		// TODO: is this expected to set the X-Forwarded-Proto header value to
+		// ws(s) as the underlying request used to upgrade the connection is
+		// made over HTTP(S)?
 		if isWebsocketRequest(outreq) {
 			if outreq.TLS != nil {
 				unsafeHeader(outreq.Header).Set(xForwardedProto, "wss")
diff --git a/pkg/middlewares/redirect/redirect_scheme.go b/pkg/middlewares/redirect/redirect_scheme.go
index 204e1a16c..063d6c4bc 100644
--- a/pkg/middlewares/redirect/redirect_scheme.go
+++ b/pkg/middlewares/redirect/redirect_scheme.go
@@ -33,10 +33,10 @@ func NewRedirectScheme(ctx context.Context, next http.Handler, conf dynamic.Redi
 		port = ":" + conf.Port
 	}
 
-	return newRedirect(next, uriPattern, conf.Scheme+"://${2}"+port+"${4}", conf.Permanent, rawURLScheme, name)
+	return newRedirect(next, uriPattern, conf.Scheme+"://${2}"+port+"${4}", conf.Permanent, clientRequestURL, name)
 }
 
-func rawURLScheme(req *http.Request) string {
+func clientRequestURL(req *http.Request) string {
 	scheme := schemeHTTP
 	host, port, err := net.SplitHostPort(req.Host)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -64,8 +64,20 @@ func rawURLScheme(req *http.Request) string {
 		scheme = schemeHTTPS
 	}
 
-	if value := req.Header.Get(xForwardedProto); value != "" {
-		scheme = value
+	if xProto := req.Header.Get(xForwardedProto); xProto != "" {
+		// When the initial request is a connection upgrade request,
+		// X-Forwarded-Proto header might have been set by a previous hop to ws(s),
+		// even though the actual protocol used so far is HTTP(s).
+		// Given that we're in a middleware that is only used in the context of HTTP(s) requests,
+		// the only possible valid schemes are one of "http" or "https", so we convert back to them.
+		switch {
+		case strings.EqualFold(xProto, "ws"):
+			scheme = schemeHTTP
+		case strings.EqualFold(xProto, "wss"):
+			scheme = schemeHTTPS
+		default:
+			scheme = xProto
+		}
 	}
 
 	if scheme == schemeHTTP && port == ":80" || scheme == schemeHTTPS && port == ":443" {
diff --git a/pkg/middlewares/redirect/redirect_scheme_test.go b/pkg/middlewares/redirect/redirect_scheme_test.go
index 3d94bfcda..dea1d6265 100644
--- a/pkg/middlewares/redirect/redirect_scheme_test.go
+++ b/pkg/middlewares/redirect/redirect_scheme_test.go
@@ -63,6 +63,41 @@ func TestRedirectSchemeHandler(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 			expectedStatus: http.StatusOK,
 		},
+		{
+			desc: "HTTP to HTTPS, with X-Forwarded-Proto to unknown value",
+			config: dynamic.RedirectScheme{
+				Scheme: "https",
+			},
+			url: "http://foo",
+			headers: map[string]string{
+				"X-Forwarded-Proto": "bar",
+			},
+			expectedURL:    "https://bar://foo",
+			expectedStatus: http.StatusFound,
+		},
+		{
+			desc: "HTTP to HTTPS, with X-Forwarded-Proto to ws",
+			config: dynamic.RedirectScheme{
+				Scheme: "https",
+			},
+			url: "http://foo",
+			headers: map[string]string{
+				"X-Forwarded-Proto": "ws",
+			},
+			expectedURL:    "https://foo",
+			expectedStatus: http.StatusFound,
+		},
+		{
+			desc: "HTTP to HTTPS, with X-Forwarded-Proto to wss",
+			config: dynamic.RedirectScheme{
+				Scheme: "https",
+			},
+			url: "http://foo",
+			headers: map[string]string{
+				"X-Forwarded-Proto": "wss",
+			},
+			expectedStatus: http.StatusOK,
+		},
 		{
 			desc: "HTTP with port to HTTPS without port",
 			config: dynamic.RedirectScheme{