diff --git a/lib/internal/http2/core.js b/lib/internal/http2/core.js
index 633ef219441b79..1d0bcde56961fe 100644
--- a/lib/internal/http2/core.js
+++ b/lib/internal/http2/core.js
@@ -2419,7 +2419,8 @@ function connect(authority, options, listener) {
   debug(`connecting to ${authority}`);
 
   const protocol = authority.protocol || options.protocol || 'https:';
-  const port = '' + (authority.port !== '' ? authority.port : 443);
+  const port = '' + (authority.port !== '' ?
+    authority.port : (authority.protocol === 'http:' ? 80 : 443));
   const host = authority.hostname || authority.host || 'localhost';
 
   let socket;
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-http2-client-port-80.js b/test/parallel/test-http2-client-port-80.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..a9d19eb5b9f008
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/parallel/test-http2-client-port-80.js
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+'use strict';
+
+const common = require('../common');
+if (!common.hasCrypto)
+  common.skip('missing crypto');
+const assert = require('assert');
+const http2 = require('http2');
+const net = require('net');
+
+// Verifies that port 80 gets set as expected
+
+const connect = net.connect;
+net.connect = common.mustCall((...args) => {
+  assert.strictEqual(args[0], '80');
+  return connect(...args);
+});
+
+const client = http2.connect('http://localhost:80');
+client.destroy();