diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 69220c11c871b..6fcd9ca47852c 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ module github.com/corazawaf/coraza-proxy-wasm
 go 1.19
 
 require (
-	github.com/corazawaf/coraza/v3 v3.0.0-20230203020113-719e7edfc0ac
+	github.com/corazawaf/coraza/v3 v3.0.0-20230203191834-6a4986af664c
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.0
 	github.com/tetratelabs/proxy-wasm-go-sdk v0.21.0
 	github.com/tidwall/gjson v1.14.4
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index e78117d20ba21..3319b1138b042 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-github.com/corazawaf/coraza/v3 v3.0.0-20230203020113-719e7edfc0ac h1:7Z7S20RGR6kZNBjjhP0bPWdgVQuF1XqNIxxl9myBt/o=
-github.com/corazawaf/coraza/v3 v3.0.0-20230203020113-719e7edfc0ac/go.mod h1:dXFswKzaDVm4SsHAyvi12A4yLfg2bVx/myCBkyGALGU=
+github.com/corazawaf/coraza/v3 v3.0.0-20230203191834-6a4986af664c h1:M9t+XPN3amVVuhFQcH3eOHD0ye7Wi1IquMyinqrfKFI=
+github.com/corazawaf/coraza/v3 v3.0.0-20230203191834-6a4986af664c/go.mod h1:dXFswKzaDVm4SsHAyvi12A4yLfg2bVx/myCBkyGALGU=
 github.com/corazawaf/libinjection-go v0.1.2 h1:oeiV9pc5rvJ+2oqOqXEAMJousPpGiup6f7Y3nZj5GoM=
 github.com/corazawaf/libinjection-go v0.1.2/go.mod h1:OP4TM7xdJ2skyXqNX1AN1wN5nNZEmJNuWbNPOItn7aw=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.0/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
diff --git a/main_test.go b/main_test.go
index 97ca92bbfa088..4940f999cac5b 100644
--- a/main_test.go
+++ b/main_test.go
@@ -160,6 +160,17 @@ func TestLifecycle(t *testing.T) {
 			responded403:       true,
 			respondedNullBody:  false,
 		},
+		{
+			name: "server name denied",
+			inlineRules: `
+			SecRuleEngine On\nSecRule SERVER_NAME \"@streq localhost\" \"id:101,phase:1,t:lowercase,deny\"
+			`,
+			requestHdrsAction:  types.ActionPause,
+			requestBodyAction:  types.ActionContinue,
+			responseHdrsAction: types.ActionContinue,
+			responded403:       true,
+			respondedNullBody:  false,
+		},
 		{
 			name: "request header value accepted",
 			inlineRules: `
@@ -968,6 +979,64 @@ func TestRetrieveAddressInfo(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 }
 
+func TestParseServerName(t *testing.T) {
+	testCases := map[string]struct {
+		autorityHeader string
+		expServerName  string
+	}{
+		"authority with port": {
+			autorityHeader: "coraza.io:443",
+			expServerName:  "coraza.io",
+		},
+		"authority without port": {
+			autorityHeader: "coraza.io",
+			expServerName:  "coraza.io",
+		},
+		"IPv6 with port": {
+			autorityHeader: "[2001:db8::1]:8080",
+			expServerName:  "2001:db8::1",
+		},
+		"IPv6": {
+			autorityHeader: "2001:db8::1",
+			expServerName:  "2001:db8::1",
+		},
+		"bad format": {
+			autorityHeader: "hostA:hostB:8080",
+			expServerName:  "hostA:hostB:8080",
+		},
+	}
+	vmTest(t, func(t *testing.T, vm types.VMContext) {
+		for name, tCase := range testCases {
+			inlineRules := fmt.Sprintf(`
+			SecRuleEngine On\nSecRule SERVER_NAME \"@streq %s\" \"id:101,phase:1,deny\"`, tCase.expServerName)
+
+			conf := `{}`
+			if inlineRules := strings.TrimSpace(inlineRules); inlineRules != "" {
+				conf = fmt.Sprintf(`{"rules": ["%s"]}`, inlineRules)
+			}
+			t.Run(name, func(t *testing.T) {
+				opt := proxytest.
+					NewEmulatorOption().
+					WithVMContext(vm).
+					WithPluginConfiguration([]byte(conf))
+
+				host, reset := proxytest.NewHostEmulator(opt)
+				defer reset()
+
+				require.Equal(t, types.OnPluginStartStatusOK, host.StartPlugin())
+				id := host.InitializeHttpContext()
+				reqHdrs := [][2]string{
+					{":path", "/hello"},
+					{":method", "GET"},
+					{":authority", tCase.autorityHeader},
+				}
+				action := host.CallOnRequestHeaders(id, reqHdrs, false)
+				require.Equal(t, types.ActionPause, action)
+			})
+		}
+	})
+}
+
 func vmTest(t *testing.T, f func(*testing.T, types.VMContext)) {
 	t.Helper()
 
diff --git a/wasmplugin/plugin.go b/wasmplugin/plugin.go
index a72681a8ec42f..b30ad0f16f32e 100644
--- a/wasmplugin/plugin.go
+++ b/wasmplugin/plugin.go
@@ -159,6 +159,7 @@ func (ctx *httpContext) OnHttpRequestHeaders(numHeaders int, endOfStream bool) t
 	authority, err := proxywasm.GetHttpRequestHeader(":authority")
 	if err == nil {
 		tx.AddRequestHeader("Host", authority)
+		tx.SetServerName(parseServerName(authority))
 	}
 
 	interruption := tx.ProcessRequestHeaders()
@@ -533,3 +534,15 @@ func replaceResponseBodyWhenInterrupted(bodySize int) types.Action {
 	proxywasm.LogWarn("response body intervention occurred: body replaced")
 	return types.ActionContinue
 }
+
+// parseServerName parses :authority pseudo-header in order to retrieve the
+// virtual host.
+func parseServerName(authority string) string {
+	host, _, err := net.SplitHostPort(authority)
+	if err != nil {
+		// missing port or bad format
+		proxywasm.LogDebugf("failed to parse server name from authority %q, %v", authority, err)
+		host = authority
+	}
+	return host
+}