diff --git a/src/client/legacy/connect/proxy/socks/v4/messages.rs b/src/client/legacy/connect/proxy/socks/v4/messages.rs
index bec8d081..18b0d0ee 100644
--- a/src/client/legacy/connect/proxy/socks/v4/messages.rs
+++ b/src/client/legacy/connect/proxy/socks/v4/messages.rs
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ use std::net::SocketAddrV4;
 /// |  1  |  1  |    2    |         4         |   Variable  |  1   |  Variable  |   1  |
 /// +-----+-----+----+----+----+----+----+----+-------------+------+------------+------+
 ///                                                                ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-///                                                      optional: only do IP is 0.0.0.X
+///                                                      optional: only if IP is 0.0.0.X
 #[derive(Debug)]
 pub struct Request<'a>(pub &'a Address);
 
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ impl Request<'_> {
     pub fn write_to_buf<B: BufMut>(&self, mut buf: B) -> Result<usize, SerializeError> {
         match self.0 {
             Address::Socket(socket) => {
-                if buf.remaining_mut() < 10 {
+                if buf.remaining_mut() < 9 {
                     return Err(SerializeError::WouldOverflow);
                 }
 
@@ -51,30 +51,28 @@ impl Request<'_> {
                 buf.put_u16(socket.port()); // Port
                 buf.put_slice(&socket.ip().octets()); // IP
 
-                buf.put_u8(0x00); // USERID
-                buf.put_u8(0x00); // NULL
+                buf.put_u8(0x00); // NULL terminating an empty USERID
 
-                Ok(10)
+                Ok(9)
             }
 
             Address::Domain(domain, port) => {
-                if buf.remaining_mut() < 10 + domain.len() + 1 {
+                if buf.remaining_mut() < 9 + domain.len() + 1 {
                     return Err(SerializeError::WouldOverflow);
                 }
 
                 buf.put_u8(0x04); // Version
                 buf.put_u8(0x01); // CONNECT
 
-                buf.put_u16(*port); // IP
+                buf.put_u16(*port); // Port
                 buf.put_slice(&[0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0xFF]); // Invalid IP
 
-                buf.put_u8(0x00); // USERID
-                buf.put_u8(0x00); // NULL
+                buf.put_u8(0x00); // NULL terminating an empty USERID
 
                 buf.put_slice(domain.as_bytes()); // Domain
                 buf.put_u8(0x00); // NULL
 
-                Ok(10 + domain.len() + 1)
+                Ok(9 + domain.len() + 1)
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/tests/proxy.rs b/tests/proxy.rs
index 65e7e819..9ff48d4e 100644
--- a/tests/proxy.rs
+++ b/tests/proxy.rs
@@ -381,7 +381,7 @@ async fn test_socks_v4_works() {
 
         let [p1, p2] = target_addr.port().to_be_bytes();
         let [ip1, ip2, ip3, ip4] = [127, 0, 0, 1];
-        let message = [4, 0x01, p1, p2, ip1, ip2, ip3, ip4, 0, 0];
+        let message = [4, 0x01, p1, p2, ip1, ip2, ip3, ip4, 0];
         let n = to_client.read(&mut buf).await.expect("read");
         assert_eq!(&buf[..n], message);
 
@@ -418,6 +418,54 @@ async fn test_socks_v4_works() {
     t3.await.expect("task - target");
 }
 
+#[cfg(not(miri))]
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn test_socks_v4a_with_server_resolved_domain_works() {
+    let proxy_tcp = TcpListener::bind("127.0.0.1:0").await.expect("bind");
+    let proxy_addr = proxy_tcp.local_addr().expect("local_addr");
+    let proxy_dst = format!("http://{proxy_addr}").parse().expect("uri");
+
+    let mut connector = SocksV4::new(proxy_dst, HttpConnector::new());
+
+    // Client
+    //
+    // Will use `SocksV4` to establish a tunnel to a domain name, leaving
+    // resolution to the proxy server (the SOCKS4a extension).
+    let t1 = tokio::spawn(async move {
+        let _conn = connector
+            .call("https://hyper.rs:443".try_into().unwrap())
+            .await
+            .expect("tunnel");
+    });
+
+    // Proxy
+    //
+    // Will receive a SOCKS4a CONNECT command carrying the domain name, and
+    // reply with a success status.
+    let t2 = tokio::spawn(async move {
+        let (mut to_client, _) = proxy_tcp.accept().await.expect("accept");
+        let mut buf = [0u8; 512];
+
+        let host = "hyper.rs";
+        let [p1, p2] = 443u16.to_be_bytes();
+
+        // VN, CD, DSTPORT, DSTIP (0.0.0.x marks a SOCKS4a request), then the
+        // NULL terminating an empty USERID, then the NULL-terminated domain.
+        let mut message = vec![0x04, 0x01, p1, p2, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0xFF, 0x00];
+        message.extend(host.as_bytes());
+        message.push(0x00);
+
+        let n = to_client.read(&mut buf).await.expect("read");
+        assert_eq!(&buf[..n], message);
+
+        let message = [0, 90, p1, p2, 0, 0, 0, 0];
+        to_client.write_all(&message).await.expect("write");
+    });
+
+    t1.await.expect("task - client");
+    t2.await.expect("task - proxy");
+}
+
 #[cfg(not(miri))]
 #[tokio::test]
 async fn test_socks_v5_optimistic_works() {