diff --git a/cmd/start/start.go b/cmd/start/start.go
index d75a3bb3d3..3e095eb2b3 100644
--- a/cmd/start/start.go
+++ b/cmd/start/start.go
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ func startAPIs(
 	}
 	oidcPrefixes := []string{"/.well-known/openid-configuration", "/oidc/v1", "/oauth/v2"}
 	// always set the origin in the context if available in the http headers, no matter for what protocol
-	router.Use(middleware.OriginHandler)
+	router.Use(middleware.WithOrigin(config.ExternalSecure))
 	systemTokenVerifier, err := internal_authz.StartSystemTokenVerifierFromConfig(http_util.BuildHTTP(config.ExternalDomain, config.ExternalPort, config.ExternalSecure), config.SystemAPIUsers)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
diff --git a/internal/api/http/middleware/origin_interceptor.go b/internal/api/http/middleware/origin_interceptor.go
index da03145ab0..02a67ad05d 100644
--- a/internal/api/http/middleware/origin_interceptor.go
+++ b/internal/api/http/middleware/origin_interceptor.go
@@ -4,25 +4,28 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"net/http"
 
+	"github.com/gorilla/mux"
 	"github.com/muhlemmer/httpforwarded"
 	"github.com/zitadel/logging"
 
 	http_util "github.com/zitadel/zitadel/internal/api/http"
 )
 
-func OriginHandler(next http.Handler) http.Handler {
-	return http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-		origin := composeOrigin(r)
-		if !http_util.IsOrigin(origin) {
-			logging.Debugf("extracted origin is not valid: %s", origin)
-			next.ServeHTTP(w, r)
-			return
-		}
-		next.ServeHTTP(w, r.WithContext(http_util.WithComposedOrigin(r.Context(), origin)))
-	})
+func WithOrigin(fallBackToHttps bool) mux.MiddlewareFunc {
+	return func(next http.Handler) http.Handler {
+		return http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+			origin := composeOrigin(r, fallBackToHttps)
+			if !http_util.IsOrigin(origin) {
+				logging.Debugf("extracted origin is not valid: %s", origin)
+				next.ServeHTTP(w, r)
+				return
+			}
+			next.ServeHTTP(w, r.WithContext(http_util.WithComposedOrigin(r.Context(), origin)))
+		})
+	}
 }
 
-func composeOrigin(r *http.Request) string {
+func composeOrigin(r *http.Request, fallBackToHttps bool) string {
 	var proto, host string
 	fwd, fwdErr := httpforwarded.ParseFromRequest(r)
 	if fwdErr == nil {
@@ -36,9 +39,8 @@ func composeOrigin(r *http.Request) string {
 		host = r.Header.Get("X-Forwarded-Host")
 	}
 	if proto == "" {
-		if r.TLS == nil {
-			proto = "http"
-		} else {
+		proto = "http"
+		if fallBackToHttps {
 			proto = "https"
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/internal/api/http/middleware/origin_interceptor_test.go b/internal/api/http/middleware/origin_interceptor_test.go
index e8e4f306b8..31b2136b58 100644
--- a/internal/api/http/middleware/origin_interceptor_test.go
+++ b/internal/api/http/middleware/origin_interceptor_test.go
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ import (
 
 func Test_composeOrigin(t *testing.T) {
 	type args struct {
-		h http.Header
+		h               http.Header
+		fallBackToHttps bool
 	}
 	tests := []struct {
 		name string
@@ -24,6 +25,7 @@ func Test_composeOrigin(t *testing.T) {
 			h: http.Header{
 				"Forwarded": []string{"proto=https"},
 			},
+			fallBackToHttps: false,
 		},
 		want: "https://host.header",
 	}, {
@@ -32,6 +34,7 @@ func Test_composeOrigin(t *testing.T) {
 			h: http.Header{
 				"Forwarded": []string{"host=forwarded.host"},
 			},
+			fallBackToHttps: false,
 		},
 		want: "http://forwarded.host",
 	}, {
@@ -40,6 +43,7 @@ func Test_composeOrigin(t *testing.T) {
 			h: http.Header{
 				"Forwarded": []string{"proto=https;host=forwarded.host"},
 			},
+			fallBackToHttps: false,
 		},
 		want: "https://forwarded.host",
 	}, {
@@ -48,6 +52,7 @@ func Test_composeOrigin(t *testing.T) {
 			h: http.Header{
 				"Forwarded": []string{"proto=https;host=forwarded.host, proto=http;host=forwarded.host2"},
 			},
+			fallBackToHttps: false,
 		},
 		want: "https://forwarded.host",
 	}, {
@@ -56,6 +61,7 @@ func Test_composeOrigin(t *testing.T) {
 			h: http.Header{
 				"Forwarded": []string{"proto=https;host=forwarded.host, proto=http"},
 			},
+			fallBackToHttps: false,
 		},
 		want: "https://forwarded.host",
 	}, {
@@ -64,14 +70,37 @@ func Test_composeOrigin(t *testing.T) {
 			h: http.Header{
 				"Forwarded": []string{"proto=http", "proto=https;host=forwarded.host", "proto=http"},
 			},
+			fallBackToHttps: true,
 		},
 		want: "http://forwarded.host",
 	}, {
-		name: "x-forwarded-proto",
+		name: "x-forwarded-proto https",
 		args: args{
 			h: http.Header{
 				"X-Forwarded-Proto": []string{"https"},
 			},
+			fallBackToHttps: false,
+		},
+		want: "https://host.header",
+	}, {
+		name: "x-forwarded-proto http",
+		args: args{
+			h: http.Header{
+				"X-Forwarded-Proto": []string{"http"},
+			},
+			fallBackToHttps: true,
+		},
+		want: "http://host.header",
+	}, {
+		name: "fallback to http",
+		args: args{
+			fallBackToHttps: false,
+		},
+		want: "http://host.header",
+	}, {
+		name: "fallback to https",
+		args: args{
+			fallBackToHttps: true,
 		},
 		want: "https://host.header",
 	}, {
@@ -80,6 +109,7 @@ func Test_composeOrigin(t *testing.T) {
 			h: http.Header{
 				"X-Forwarded-Host": []string{"x-forwarded.host"},
 			},
+			fallBackToHttps: false,
 		},
 		want: "http://x-forwarded.host",
 	}, {
@@ -89,6 +119,7 @@ func Test_composeOrigin(t *testing.T) {
 				"X-Forwarded-Proto": []string{"https"},
 				"X-Forwarded-Host":  []string{"x-forwarded.host"},
 			},
+			fallBackToHttps: false,
 		},
 		want: "https://x-forwarded.host",
 	}, {
@@ -98,6 +129,7 @@ func Test_composeOrigin(t *testing.T) {
 				"Forwarded":        []string{"host=forwarded.host"},
 				"X-Forwarded-Host": []string{"x-forwarded.host"},
 			},
+			fallBackToHttps: false,
 		},
 		want: "http://forwarded.host",
 	}, {
@@ -107,16 +139,20 @@ func Test_composeOrigin(t *testing.T) {
 				"Forwarded":         []string{"host=forwarded.host"},
 				"X-Forwarded-Proto": []string{"https"},
 			},
+			fallBackToHttps: false,
 		},
 		want: "https://forwarded.host",
 	},
 	}
 	for _, tt := range tests {
 		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			assert.Equalf(t, tt.want, composeOrigin(&http.Request{
-				Host:   "host.header",
-				Header: tt.args.h,
-			}), "headers: %+v", tt.args.h)
+			assert.Equalf(t, tt.want, composeOrigin(
+				&http.Request{
+					Host:   "host.header",
+					Header: tt.args.h,
+				},
+				tt.args.fallBackToHttps,
+			), "headers: %+v, fallBackToHttps: %t", tt.args.h, tt.args.fallBackToHttps)
 		})
 	}
 }