diff --git a/starlette/requests.py b/starlette/requests.py
index 23f8ac70a..ea79db8de 100644
--- a/starlette/requests.py
+++ b/starlette/requests.py
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 
 
 if typing.TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from starlette.applications import Starlette
     from starlette.routing import Router
 
 
@@ -175,8 +176,8 @@ def state(self) -> State:
         return self._state
 
     def url_for(self, name: str, /, **path_params: typing.Any) -> URL:
-        router: Router = self.scope["router"]
-        url_path = router.url_path_for(name, **path_params)
+        url_pather: Starlette | Router = self.scope.get("app") or self.scope["router"]
+        url_path = url_pather.url_path_for(name, **path_params)
         return url_path.make_absolute_url(base_url=self.base_url)
 
 
diff --git a/tests/middleware/test_base.py b/tests/middleware/test_base.py
index 225038650..951d2f02d 100644
--- a/tests/middleware/test_base.py
+++ b/tests/middleware/test_base.py
@@ -1132,3 +1132,35 @@ async def send(message: Message) -> None:
         {"type": "http.response.body", "body": b"good!", "more_body": True},
         {"type": "http.response.body", "body": b"", "more_body": False},
     ]
+
+
+def test_request_url_for_before_call_next(
+    test_client_factory: TestClientFactory,
+) -> None:
+    class CallsRequestUrlForMiddleware(BaseHTTPMiddleware):
+        async def dispatch(
+            self,
+            request: Request,
+            call_next: RequestResponseEndpoint,
+        ) -> Response:
+            if request.url == request.url_for("special"):
+                return PlainTextResponse("Special")
+            return await call_next(request)
+
+    def endpoint(request: Request) -> Response:
+        return PlainTextResponse("OK")
+
+    app = Starlette(
+        routes=[
+            Route("/", endpoint, name="index"),
+            Route("/special", endpoint, name="special"),
+        ],
+        middleware=[Middleware(CallsRequestUrlForMiddleware)],
+    )
+
+    client = test_client_factory(app)
+    response = client.get("/")
+    assert response.text == "OK"
+
+    response = client.get("/special")
+    assert response.text == "Special"