diff --git a/lib/core/settings.py b/lib/core/settings.py
index d25a969e0..c5b5b2a73 100644
--- a/lib/core/settings.py
+++ b/lib/core/settings.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ from lib.core.enums import OS
 from thirdparty.six import unichr as _unichr
 
 # sqlmap version (<major>.<minor>.<month>.<monthly commit>)
-VERSION = "1.5.2.21"
+VERSION = "1.5.2.22"
 TYPE = "dev" if VERSION.count('.') > 2 and VERSION.split('.')[-1] != '0' else "stable"
 TYPE_COLORS = {"dev": 33, "stable": 90, "pip": 34}
 VERSION_STRING = "sqlmap/%s#%s" % ('.'.join(VERSION.split('.')[:-1]) if VERSION.count('.') > 2 and VERSION.split('.')[-1] == '0' else VERSION, TYPE)
diff --git a/lib/parse/cmdline.py b/lib/parse/cmdline.py
index 39676d89e..8efac88a7 100644
--- a/lib/parse/cmdline.py
+++ b/lib/parse/cmdline.py
@@ -794,6 +794,9 @@ def cmdLineParser(argv=None):
         parser.add_argument("--profile", dest="profile", action="store_true",
             help=SUPPRESS)
 
+        parser.add_argument("--localhost", dest="localhost", action="store_true",
+            help=SUPPRESS)
+
         parser.add_argument("--force-dbms", dest="forceDbms",
             help=SUPPRESS)
 
diff --git a/lib/request/connect.py b/lib/request/connect.py
index 67eaf12a1..7c4e47bec 100644
--- a/lib/request/connect.py
+++ b/lib/request/connect.py
@@ -488,6 +488,9 @@ class Connect(object):
                         header, value = line.split(':', 1)
                         headers[header] = value
 
+            if conf.localhost:
+                headers[HTTP_HEADER.HOST] = "localhost"
+
             for key, value in list(headers.items()):
                 del headers[key]
                 if isinstance(value, six.string_types):