diff --git a/tornado/httpserver.py b/tornado/httpserver.py
index 8044a4f828..34ae0de62a 100644
--- a/tornado/httpserver.py
+++ b/tornado/httpserver.py
@@ -378,8 +378,29 @@ def headers_received(
         # TODO: either make context an official part of the
         # HTTPConnection interface or figure out some other way to do this.
         self.connection.context._apply_xheaders(headers)  # type: ignore
+        start_line, headers = self.apply_forwarded_context(start_line, headers)
+
         return self.delegate.headers_received(start_line, headers)
 
+    def apply_forwarded_context(
+        self,
+        start_line: Union[httputil.RequestStartLine, httputil.ResponseStartLine],
+        headers: httputil.HTTPHeaders,
+    ) -> Tuple[
+        Union[httputil.RequestStartLine, httputil.ResponseStartLine],
+        httputil.HTTPHeaders,
+    ]:
+        """Apply X-Forwarded-Context header to requested uri"""
+        if isinstance(start_line, httputil.RequestStartLine):
+            # get path from X-Forwarded-Context
+            proxy_path = headers.get("X-Forwarded-Context", None)
+            if proxy_path:
+                # preserve only the path part
+                path = proxy_path.split("?", 1)[0]
+                start_line = start_line._replace(path=path)
+
+        return start_line, headers
+
     def data_received(self, chunk: bytes) -> Optional[Awaitable[None]]:
         return self.delegate.data_received(chunk)
 
diff --git a/tornado/test/httpserver_test.py b/tornado/test/httpserver_test.py
index 2a8b6a5b14..64deae848f 100644
--- a/tornado/test/httpserver_test.py
+++ b/tornado/test/httpserver_test.py
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ def finish(self):
 
 class HandlerBaseTestCase(AsyncHTTPTestCase):
     def get_app(self):
-        return Application([("/", self.__class__.Handler)])
+        return Application([("/.*", self.__class__.Handler)])
 
     def fetch_json(self, *args, **kwargs):
         response = self.fetch(*args, **kwargs)
@@ -554,6 +554,7 @@ def get(self):
                 dict(
                     remote_ip=self.request.remote_ip,
                     remote_protocol=self.request.protocol,
+                    path=self.request.path,
                 )
             )
 
@@ -640,6 +641,14 @@ def test_scheme_headers(self):
             self.fetch_json("/", headers=bad_forwarded)["remote_protocol"], "http"
         )
 
+    def test_forwarded_context(self):
+        self.assertEqual(self.fetch_json("/")["path"], "/")
+
+        self.assertEqual(
+            self.fetch_json("/", headers={"X-Forwarded-Context": "/prefix"})["path"],
+            "/prefix",
+        )
+
 
 class SSLXHeaderTest(AsyncHTTPSTestCase, HandlerBaseTestCase):
     def get_app(self):