diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 4cd5b57135..3ba65858c3 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -6135,6 +6135,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "hyper",
  "indexmap",
  "num_cpus",
+ "outbound-http",
  "percent-encoding",
  "rustls-pemfile 0.3.0",
  "serde",
diff --git a/crates/outbound-http/src/allowed_http_hosts.rs b/crates/outbound-http/src/allowed_http_hosts.rs
index 4378ac1cdd..18604190d1 100644
--- a/crates/outbound-http/src/allowed_http_hosts.rs
+++ b/crates/outbound-http/src/allowed_http_hosts.rs
@@ -26,6 +26,13 @@ impl AllowedHttpHosts {
             Self::AllowSpecific(hosts) => hosts.iter().any(|h| h.allow(url)),
         }
     }
+
+    pub fn allow_relative_url(&self) -> bool {
+        match self {
+            Self::AllowAll => true,
+            Self::AllowSpecific(hosts) => hosts.contains(&AllowedHttpHost::host("self")),
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 /// An HTTP host allow-list entry.
@@ -214,6 +221,14 @@ mod test {
         );
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn test_allowed_hosts_accepts_self() {
+        assert_eq!(
+            AllowedHttpHost::host("self"),
+            parse_allowed_http_host("self").unwrap()
+        );
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn test_allowed_hosts_accepts_localhost_addresses() {
         assert_eq!(
@@ -303,4 +318,18 @@ mod test {
         assert!(!allowed.allow(&Url::parse("http://example.com/").unwrap()));
         assert!(!allowed.allow(&Url::parse("http://google.com/").unwrap()));
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_allowed_hosts_allow_relative_url() {
+        let allowed =
+            parse_allowed_http_hosts(&to_vec_owned(&["self", "http://example.com:8383"])).unwrap();
+        assert!(allowed.allow_relative_url());
+
+        let not_allowed =
+            parse_allowed_http_hosts(&to_vec_owned(&["http://example.com:8383"])).unwrap();
+        assert!(!not_allowed.allow_relative_url());
+
+        let allow_all = parse_allowed_http_hosts(&to_vec_owned(&["insecure:allow-all"])).unwrap();
+        assert!(allow_all.allow_relative_url());
+    }
 }
diff --git a/crates/outbound-http/src/lib.rs b/crates/outbound-http/src/lib.rs
index cafde2c310..f24e2a27f9 100644
--- a/crates/outbound-http/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/outbound-http/src/lib.rs
@@ -21,15 +21,23 @@ pub const ALLOWED_HTTP_HOSTS_KEY: MetadataKey<Vec<String>> = MetadataKey::new("a
 pub struct OutboundHttp {
     /// List of hosts guest modules are allowed to make requests to.
     pub allowed_hosts: AllowedHttpHosts,
+    /// During an incoming HTTP request, origin is set to the host of that incoming HTTP request.
+    /// This is used to direct outbound requests to the same host when allowed.
+    pub origin: String,
     client: Option<Client>,
 }
 
 impl OutboundHttp {
     /// Check if guest module is allowed to send request to URL, based on the list of
-    /// allowed hosts defined by the runtime. If the list of allowed hosts contains
+    /// allowed hosts defined by the runtime. If the url passed in is a relative path,
+    /// only allow if allowed_hosts contains `self`. If the list of allowed hosts contains
     /// `insecure:allow-all`, then all hosts are allowed.
     /// If `None` is passed, the guest module is not allowed to send the request.
-    fn is_allowed(&self, url: &str) -> Result<bool, HttpError> {
+    fn is_allowed(&mut self, url: &str) -> Result<bool, HttpError> {
+        if url.starts_with('/') {
+            return Ok(self.allowed_hosts.allow_relative_url());
+        }
+
         let url = Url::parse(url).map_err(|_| HttpError::InvalidUrl)?;
         Ok(self.allowed_hosts.allow(&url))
     }
@@ -49,7 +57,15 @@ impl outbound_http::Host for OutboundHttp {
             }
 
             let method = method_from(req.method);
-            let url = Url::parse(&req.uri).map_err(|_| HttpError::InvalidUrl)?;
+
+            let abs_url = if req.uri.starts_with('/') {
+                format!("{}{}", self.origin, req.uri)
+            } else {
+                req.uri.clone()
+            };
+
+            let req_url = Url::parse(&abs_url).map_err(|_| HttpError::InvalidUrl)?;
+
             let headers = request_headers(req.headers).map_err(|_| HttpError::RuntimeError)?;
             let body = req.body.unwrap_or_default().to_vec();
 
@@ -62,7 +78,7 @@ impl outbound_http::Host for OutboundHttp {
             let client = self.client.get_or_insert_with(Default::default);
 
             let resp = client
-                .request(method, url)
+                .request(method, req_url)
                 .headers(headers)
                 .body(body)
                 .send()
diff --git a/crates/trigger-http/Cargo.toml b/crates/trigger-http/Cargo.toml
index 10a4908c5c..597efb4e2d 100644
--- a/crates/trigger-http/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/trigger-http/Cargo.toml
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ futures-util = "0.3.8"
 http = "0.2"
 hyper = { version = "0.14", features = ["full"] }
 indexmap = "1"
+outbound-http = { path = "../outbound-http" }
 percent-encoding = "2"
 rustls-pemfile = "0.3.0"
 serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
diff --git a/crates/trigger-http/src/spin.rs b/crates/trigger-http/src/spin.rs
index 598cf4540b..a3d9054480 100644
--- a/crates/trigger-http/src/spin.rs
+++ b/crates/trigger-http/src/spin.rs
@@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ use crate::{HttpExecutor, HttpTrigger, Store};
 use anyhow::{anyhow, Result};
 use async_trait::async_trait;
 use hyper::{Body, Request, Response};
+use outbound_http::OutboundHttpComponent;
 use spin_core::Instance;
 use spin_trigger::{EitherInstance, TriggerAppEngine};
 use spin_world::http_types;
+use std::sync::Arc;
 
 #[derive(Clone)]
 pub struct SpinHttpExecutor;
@@ -27,11 +29,13 @@ impl HttpExecutor for SpinHttpExecutor {
             component_id
         );
 
-        let (instance, store) = engine.prepare_instance(component_id).await?;
+        let (instance, mut store) = engine.prepare_instance(component_id).await?;
         let EitherInstance::Component(instance) = instance else {
             unreachable!()
         };
 
+        set_http_origin_from_request(&mut store, engine, &req);
+
         let resp = Self::execute_impl(store, instance, base, raw_route, req, client_addr)
             .await
             .map_err(contextualise_err)?;
@@ -182,6 +186,27 @@ impl SpinHttpExecutor {
     }
 }
 
+fn set_http_origin_from_request(
+    store: &mut Store,
+    engine: &TriggerAppEngine<HttpTrigger>,
+    req: &Request<Body>,
+) {
+    if let Some(authority) = req.uri().authority() {
+        if let Some(scheme) = req.uri().scheme_str() {
+            if let Some(outbound_http_handle) = engine
+                .engine
+                .find_host_component_handle::<Arc<OutboundHttpComponent>>()
+            {
+                let mut outbound_http_data = store
+                    .host_components_data()
+                    .get_or_insert(outbound_http_handle);
+
+                outbound_http_data.origin = format!("{}://{}", scheme, authority);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 fn contextualise_err(e: anyhow::Error) -> anyhow::Error {
     if e.to_string()
         .contains("failed to find function export `canonical_abi_free`")
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-checksum = "29e3ac9b780c7dda0cac7a52a5d6d2d6707cc6e3451c9db209b6c758f40d7acb"
-dependencies = [
- "indexmap",
- "semver",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "wit-bindgen"
-version = "0.8.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "392d16e9e46cc7ca98125bc288dd5e4db469efe8323d3e0dac815ca7f2398522"
-dependencies = [
- "bitflags 2.3.2",
- "wit-bindgen-rust-macro",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "wit-bindgen-core"
-version = "0.8.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "d422d36cbd78caa0e18c3371628447807c66ee72466b69865ea7e33682598158"
-dependencies = [
- "anyhow",
- "wit-component",
- "wit-parser",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "wit-bindgen-rust"
-version = "0.8.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "9b76db68264f5d2089dc4652581236d8e75c5b89338de6187716215fd0e68ba3"
-dependencies = [
- "heck",
- "wasm-metadata",
- "wit-bindgen-core",
- "wit-bindgen-rust-lib",
- "wit-component",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "wit-bindgen-rust-lib"
-version = "0.8.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "1c50f334bc08b0903a43387f6eea6ef6aa9eb2a085729f1677b29992ecef20ba"
-dependencies = [
- "heck",
- "wit-bindgen-core",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "wit-bindgen-rust-macro"
-version = "0.8.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "ced38a5e174940c6a41ae587babeadfd2e2c2dc32f3b6488bcdca0e8922cf3f3"
-dependencies = [
- "anyhow",
- "proc-macro2",
- "syn 2.0.18",
- "wit-bindgen-core",
- "wit-bindgen-rust",
- "wit-component",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "wit-component"
-version = "0.11.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "7cbd4c7f8f400327c482c88571f373844b7889e61460650d650fc5881bb3575c"
-dependencies = [
- "anyhow",
- "bitflags 1.3.2",
- "indexmap",
- "log",
- "wasm-encoder",
- "wasm-metadata",
- "wasmparser",
- "wit-parser",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "wit-parser"
-version = "0.8.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "6daec9f093dbaea0e94043eeb92ece327bbbe70c86b1f41aca9bbfefd7f050f0"
-dependencies = [
- "anyhow",
- "id-arena",
- "indexmap",
- "log",
- "pulldown-cmark",
- "semver",
- "unicode-xid",
- "url",
-]
diff --git a/examples/http-rust-outbound-http/http-hello/.cargo/config.toml b/examples/http-rust-outbound-http/http-hello/.cargo/config.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6b77899cb3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/http-rust-outbound-http/http-hello/.cargo/config.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+[build]
+target = "wasm32-wasi"
diff --git a/examples/http-rust-outbound-http/http-hello/.gitignore b/examples/http-rust-outbound-http/http-hello/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2f7896d1d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/http-rust-outbound-http/http-hello/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+target/
diff --git a/examples/http-rust-outbound-http/http-hello/Cargo.toml b/examples/http-rust-outbound-http/http-hello/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7db45bda22
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/http-rust-outbound-http/http-hello/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+[package]
+name = "http-hello"
+version = "0.1.0"
+edition = "2021"
+
+[lib]
+crate-type = ["cdylib"]
+
+[dependencies]
+# Useful crate to handle errors.
+anyhow = "1"
+# Crate to simplify working with bytes.
+bytes = "1"
+# General-purpose crate with common HTTP types.
+http = "0.2"
+# The Spin SDK.
+spin-sdk = { path = "../../../sdk/rust" }
+[workspace]
diff --git a/examples/http-rust-outbound-http/http-hello/src/lib.rs b/examples/http-rust-outbound-http/http-hello/src/lib.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ff2cc7c880
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/http-rust-outbound-http/http-hello/src/lib.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+use anyhow::Result;
+use spin_sdk::{
+    http::{Request, Response},
+    http_component,
+};
+
+/// A simple Spin HTTP component.
+#[http_component]
+fn hello_world(_req: Request) -> Result<Response> {
+    Ok(http::Response::builder()
+        .status(200)
+        .header("foo", "bar")
+        .body(Some("Hello, Fermyon!\n".into()))?)
+}
diff --git a/examples/http-rust-outbound-http/.cargo/config.toml b/examples/http-rust-outbound-http/outbound-http-to-same-app/.cargo/config.toml
similarity index 100%
rename from examples/http-rust-outbound-http/.cargo/config.toml
rename to examples/http-rust-outbound-http/outbound-http-to-same-app/.cargo/config.toml
diff --git a/examples/http-rust-outbound-http/outbound-http-to-same-app/Cargo.toml b/examples/http-rust-outbound-http/outbound-http-to-same-app/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..665de8b45c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/http-rust-outbound-http/outbound-http-to-same-app/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+[package]
+name = "outbound-http-to-same-app"
+version = "0.1.0"
+edition = "2021"
+
+[lib]
+crate-type = ["cdylib"]
+
+[dependencies]
+# Useful crate to handle errors.
+anyhow = "1"
+# Crate to simplify working with bytes.
+bytes = "1"
+# General-purpose crate with common HTTP types.
+http = "0.2"
+# The Spin SDK.
+spin-sdk = { path = "../../../sdk/rust" }
+url = "2"
+[workspace]
diff --git a/examples/http-rust-outbound-http/outbound-http-to-same-app/src/lib.rs b/examples/http-rust-outbound-http/outbound-http-to-same-app/src/lib.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2a809a3ccc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/http-rust-outbound-http/outbound-http-to-same-app/src/lib.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+use anyhow::Result;
+use spin_sdk::{
+    http::{Request, Response},
+    http_component,
+};
+
+/// Send an HTTP request and return the response.
+#[http_component]
+fn send_outbound(_req: Request) -> Result<Response> {
+    let mut res = spin_sdk::outbound_http::send_request(
+        http::Request::builder()
+            .method("GET")
+            .uri("/hello") // relative routes are not yet supported in cloud
+            .body(None)
+            .unwrap(),
+    )?;
+    res.headers_mut()
+        .insert("spin-component", "rust-outbound-http".try_into()?);
+    println!("{:?}", res);
+    Ok(res)
+}
diff --git a/examples/http-rust-outbound-http/outbound-http/.cargo/config.toml b/examples/http-rust-outbound-http/outbound-http/.cargo/config.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6b77899cb3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/http-rust-outbound-http/outbound-http/.cargo/config.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+[build]
+target = "wasm32-wasi"
diff --git a/examples/http-rust-outbound-http/Cargo.toml b/examples/http-rust-outbound-http/outbound-http/Cargo.toml
similarity index 77%
rename from examples/http-rust-outbound-http/Cargo.toml
rename to examples/http-rust-outbound-http/outbound-http/Cargo.toml
index 5e29a4f20c..28a9232eb5 100644
--- a/examples/http-rust-outbound-http/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/http-rust-outbound-http/outbound-http/Cargo.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 edition = "2021"
 
 [lib]
-crate-type = [ "cdylib" ]
+crate-type = ["cdylib"]
 
 [dependencies]
 # Useful crate to handle errors.
@@ -14,5 +14,6 @@ bytes = "1"
 # General-purpose crate with common HTTP types.
 http = "0.2"
 # The Spin SDK.
-spin-sdk = { path = "../../sdk/rust" }
-[workspace]
\ No newline at end of file
+spin-sdk = { path = "../../../sdk/rust" }
+
+[workspace]
diff --git a/examples/http-rust-outbound-http/src/lib.rs b/examples/http-rust-outbound-http/outbound-http/src/lib.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from examples/http-rust-outbound-http/src/lib.rs
rename to examples/http-rust-outbound-http/outbound-http/src/lib.rs
diff --git a/examples/http-rust-outbound-http/spin.toml b/examples/http-rust-outbound-http/spin.toml
index 67c0c4e975..efa11da228 100644
--- a/examples/http-rust-outbound-http/spin.toml
+++ b/examples/http-rust-outbound-http/spin.toml
@@ -1,24 +1,48 @@
 spin_manifest_version = "1"
 authors = ["Fermyon Engineering <engineering@fermyon.com>"]
-description = "A simple application that makes an outbound http call."
+description = "Demonstrates outbound HTTP calls"
 name = "spin-outbound-http"
 trigger = { type = "http", base = "/" }
 version = "1.0.0"
 
 [[component]]
-id = "rust-outbound-http"
-source = "target/wasm32-wasi/release/http_rust_outbound_http.wasm"
+id = "outbound-http"
+source = "outbound-http/target/wasm32-wasi/release/http_rust_outbound_http.wasm"
 allowed_http_hosts = ["https://random-data-api.fermyon.app"]
 [component.trigger]
 route = "/outbound"
 [component.build]
+workdir = "outbound-http"
 command = "cargo build --target wasm32-wasi --release"
 
 [[component]]
-id = "rust-outbound-http-wildcard"
-source = "target/wasm32-wasi/release/http_rust_outbound_http.wasm"
+id = "outbound-http-wildcard"
+source = "outbound-http/target/wasm32-wasi/release/http_rust_outbound_http.wasm"
 allowed_http_hosts = ["insecure:allow-all"]
 [component.trigger]
 route = "/wildcard"
 [component.build]
+workdir = "outbound-http"
+command = "cargo build --target wasm32-wasi --release"
+
+[[component]]
+id = "outbound-http-to-same-app"
+source = "outbound-http-to-same-app/target/wasm32-wasi/release/outbound_http_to_same_app.wasm"
+# To make outbound calls to components in the same Spin app, use the special value self.
+# This is not yet supported in cloud.
+allowed_http_hosts = ["self"]
+[component.trigger]
+route = "/outbound-to-hello-component"
+[component.build]
+workdir = "outbound-http-to-same-app"
+command = "cargo build --target wasm32-wasi --release"
+
+[[component]]
+id = "hello-component"
+source = "http-hello/target/wasm32-wasi/release/http_hello.wasm"
+description = "A simple component that returns hello."
+[component.trigger]
+route = "/hello"
+[component.build]
+workdir = "http-hello"
 command = "cargo build --target wasm32-wasi --release"
diff --git a/examples/http-tinygo-outbound-http/outbound-http-to-same-app/go.mod b/examples/http-tinygo-outbound-http/outbound-http-to-same-app/go.mod
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..296ca67dbe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/http-tinygo-outbound-http/outbound-http-to-same-app/go.mod
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+module outbound-http-to-same-app
+
+go 1.17
+
+require github.com/fermyon/spin/sdk/go v0.0.0
+
+require github.com/julienschmidt/httprouter v1.3.0 // indirect
+
+replace github.com/fermyon/spin/sdk/go v0.0.0 => ../../../sdk/go/
diff --git a/examples/http-tinygo-outbound-http/go.sum b/examples/http-tinygo-outbound-http/outbound-http-to-same-app/go.sum
similarity index 100%
rename from examples/http-tinygo-outbound-http/go.sum
rename to examples/http-tinygo-outbound-http/outbound-http-to-same-app/go.sum
diff --git a/examples/http-tinygo-outbound-http/outbound-http-to-same-app/main.go b/examples/http-tinygo-outbound-http/outbound-http-to-same-app/main.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..009df6921a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/http-tinygo-outbound-http/outbound-http-to-same-app/main.go
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"net/http"
+
+	spinhttp "github.com/fermyon/spin/sdk/go/http"
+)
+
+func init() {
+	spinhttp.Handle(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		// Because we included self in `allowed_http_hosts`, we can make outbound
+		// HTTP requests to our own app using a relative path.
+		// This is not yet supported in cloud.
+		resp, err := spinhttp.Get("/hello")
+		if err != nil {
+			http.Error(w, err.Error(), http.StatusInternalServerError)
+			return
+		}
+
+		fmt.Fprintln(w, resp.Body)
+		fmt.Fprintln(w, resp.Header.Get("content-type"))
+	})
+}
+
+func main() {}
diff --git a/examples/http-tinygo-outbound-http/spin.toml b/examples/http-tinygo-outbound-http/spin.toml
index d8a37a9461..ab01306c22 100644
--- a/examples/http-tinygo-outbound-http/spin.toml
+++ b/examples/http-tinygo-outbound-http/spin.toml
@@ -7,9 +7,25 @@ version = "1.0.0"
 
 [[component]]
 id = "tinygo-hello"
-source = "main.wasm"
-allowed_http_hosts = ["https://random-data-api.fermyon.app", "https://postman-echo.com"]
+source = "tinygo-hello/main.wasm"
+allowed_http_hosts = [
+    "https://random-data-api.fermyon.app",
+    "https://postman-echo.com",
+]
 [component.trigger]
 route = "/hello"
 [component.build]
+workdir = "tinygo-hello"
+command = "tinygo build -target=wasi -gc=leaking -no-debug -o main.wasm main.go"
+
+[[component]]
+id = "outbound-http-to-same-app"
+source = "outbound-http-to-same-app/main.wasm"
+# Use self to make outbound requests to components in the same Spin application.
+# `self` is not yet supported in cloud
+allowed_http_hosts = ["self"]
+[component.trigger]
+route = "/outbound-http-to-same-app"
+[component.build]
+workdir = "outbound-http-to-same-app"
 command = "tinygo build -target=wasi -gc=leaking -no-debug -o main.wasm main.go"
diff --git a/examples/http-tinygo-outbound-http/go.mod b/examples/http-tinygo-outbound-http/tinygo-hello/go.mod
similarity index 74%
rename from examples/http-tinygo-outbound-http/go.mod
rename to examples/http-tinygo-outbound-http/tinygo-hello/go.mod
index 2c1b9e24bf..92fbf0342d 100644
--- a/examples/http-tinygo-outbound-http/go.mod
+++ b/examples/http-tinygo-outbound-http/tinygo-hello/go.mod
@@ -6,4 +6,4 @@ require github.com/fermyon/spin/sdk/go v0.0.0
 
 require github.com/julienschmidt/httprouter v1.3.0 // indirect
 
-replace github.com/fermyon/spin/sdk/go v0.0.0 => ../../sdk/go/
+replace github.com/fermyon/spin/sdk/go v0.0.0 => ../../../sdk/go/
diff --git a/examples/http-tinygo-outbound-http/tinygo-hello/go.sum b/examples/http-tinygo-outbound-http/tinygo-hello/go.sum
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..096c54e630
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/http-tinygo-outbound-http/tinygo-hello/go.sum
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+github.com/julienschmidt/httprouter v1.3.0 h1:U0609e9tgbseu3rBINet9P48AI/D3oJs4dN7jwJOQ1U=
+github.com/julienschmidt/httprouter v1.3.0/go.mod h1:JR6WtHb+2LUe8TCKY3cZOxFyyO8IZAc4RVcycCCAKdM=
diff --git a/examples/http-tinygo-outbound-http/main.go b/examples/http-tinygo-outbound-http/tinygo-hello/main.go
similarity index 100%
rename from examples/http-tinygo-outbound-http/main.go
rename to examples/http-tinygo-outbound-http/tinygo-hello/main.go
diff --git a/tests/spinup_tests.rs b/tests/spinup_tests.rs
index 0cfa3121ea..5de715d3d0 100644
--- a/tests/spinup_tests.rs
+++ b/tests/spinup_tests.rs
@@ -7,6 +7,11 @@ mod spinup_tests {
     use {e2e_testing::controller::Controller, e2e_testing::spin_controller::SpinUp};
     const CONTROLLER: &dyn Controller = &SpinUp {};
 
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn component_outbound_http_works() {
+        testcases::component_outbound_http_works(CONTROLLER).await
+    }
+
     #[tokio::test]
     async fn config_variables_default_works() {
         testcases::config_variables_default_works(CONTROLLER).await
diff --git a/tests/testcases/mod.rs b/tests/testcases/mod.rs
index b027192e25..7cd663e841 100644
--- a/tests/testcases/mod.rs
+++ b/tests/testcases/mod.rs
@@ -14,6 +14,53 @@ fn get_url(base: &str, path: &str) -> String {
     format!("{}{}", base, path)
 }
 
+pub async fn component_outbound_http_works(controller: &dyn Controller) {
+    async fn checks(
+        metadata: AppMetadata,
+        _: Option<Pin<Box<dyn AsyncBufRead>>>,
+        _: Option<Pin<Box<dyn AsyncBufRead>>>,
+    ) -> Result<()> {
+        assert_http_response(
+            get_url(metadata.base.as_str(), "/test/outbound-allowed").as_str(),
+            Method::GET,
+            "",
+            200,
+            &[],
+            Some("Hello, Fermyon!\n"),
+        )
+        .await?;
+
+        assert_http_response(
+            get_url(metadata.base.as_str(), "/test/outbound-not-allowed").as_str(),
+            Method::GET,
+            "",
+            500,
+            &[],
+            Some("destination-not-allowed (error 1)"),
+        )
+        .await?;
+
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    let tc = TestCaseBuilder::default()
+        .name("outbound-http-to-same-app".to_string())
+        //the appname should be same as dir where this app exists
+        .appname(Some("outbound-http-to-same-app".to_string()))
+        .template(None)
+        .assertions(
+            |metadata: AppMetadata,
+             stdout_stream: Option<Pin<Box<dyn AsyncBufRead>>>,
+             stderr_stream: Option<Pin<Box<dyn AsyncBufRead>>>| {
+                Box::pin(checks(metadata, stdout_stream, stderr_stream))
+            },
+        )
+        .build()
+        .unwrap();
+
+    tc.run(controller).await.unwrap()
+}
+
 pub async fn config_variables_default_works(controller: &dyn Controller) {
     async fn checks(
         metadata: AppMetadata,
diff --git a/tests/testcases/outbound-http-to-same-app/http-component/.cargo/config.toml b/tests/testcases/outbound-http-to-same-app/http-component/.cargo/config.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6b77899cb3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/testcases/outbound-http-to-same-app/http-component/.cargo/config.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+[build]
+target = "wasm32-wasi"
diff --git a/tests/testcases/outbound-http-to-same-app/http-component/Cargo.toml b/tests/testcases/outbound-http-to-same-app/http-component/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2d778a64c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/testcases/outbound-http-to-same-app/http-component/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+[package]
+name = "http-component"
+version = "0.1.0"
+edition = "2021"
+
+[lib]
+crate-type = ["cdylib"]
+
+[dependencies]
+# Useful crate to handle errors.
+anyhow = "1"
+# Crate to simplify working with bytes.
+bytes = "1"
+# General-purpose crate with common HTTP types.
+http = "0.2"
+# The Spin SDK.
+spin-sdk = { path = "../../../../sdk/rust" }
+
+[workspace]
diff --git a/tests/testcases/outbound-http-to-same-app/http-component/src/lib.rs b/tests/testcases/outbound-http-to-same-app/http-component/src/lib.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fe34f4338c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/testcases/outbound-http-to-same-app/http-component/src/lib.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+use anyhow::Result;
+use spin_sdk::{
+    http::{Request, Response},
+    http_component,
+};
+
+/// A simple Spin HTTP component.
+#[http_component]
+fn hello_world(req: Request) -> Result<Response> {
+    println!("{:?}", req.headers());
+    Ok(http::Response::builder()
+        .status(200)
+        .header("foo", "bar")
+        .body(Some("Hello, Fermyon!\n".into()))?)
+}
diff --git a/tests/testcases/outbound-http-to-same-app/outbound-http-component/.cargo/config.toml b/tests/testcases/outbound-http-to-same-app/outbound-http-component/.cargo/config.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6b77899cb3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/testcases/outbound-http-to-same-app/outbound-http-component/.cargo/config.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+[build]
+target = "wasm32-wasi"
diff --git a/tests/testcases/outbound-http-to-same-app/outbound-http-component/Cargo.toml b/tests/testcases/outbound-http-to-same-app/outbound-http-component/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5e13e10410
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/testcases/outbound-http-to-same-app/outbound-http-component/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+[package]
+name = "outbound-http-component"
+version = "0.1.0"
+edition = "2021"
+
+[lib]
+crate-type = ["cdylib"]
+
+[dependencies]
+# Useful crate to handle errors.
+anyhow = "1"
+# Crate to simplify working with bytes.
+bytes = "1"
+# General-purpose crate with common HTTP types.
+http = "0.2"
+# The Spin SDK.
+spin-sdk = { path = "../../../../sdk/rust" }
+
+[workspace]
diff --git a/tests/testcases/outbound-http-to-same-app/outbound-http-component/src/lib.rs b/tests/testcases/outbound-http-to-same-app/outbound-http-component/src/lib.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..30eaf71375
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/testcases/outbound-http-to-same-app/outbound-http-component/src/lib.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+use anyhow::Result;
+use spin_sdk::{
+    http::{Request, Response},
+    http_component,
+};
+
+/// Send an HTTP request and return the response.
+#[http_component]
+fn send_outbound(_req: Request) -> Result<Response> {
+    let mut res = spin_sdk::outbound_http::send_request(
+        http::Request::builder()
+            .method("GET")
+            .uri("/test/hello")
+            .body(None)?,
+    )?;
+    res.headers_mut()
+        .insert("spin-component", "outbound-http-component".try_into()?);
+    println!("{:?}", res);
+    Ok(res)
+}
diff --git a/tests/testcases/outbound-http-to-same-app/spin.toml b/tests/testcases/outbound-http-to-same-app/spin.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1b9dea8466
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/testcases/outbound-http-to-same-app/spin.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+spin_version = "1"
+authors = ["Fermyon Engineering <engineering@fermyon.com>"]
+description = "An application that demonstates a component making an outbound http request to another component in the same application."
+name = "local-outbound-http"
+trigger = { type = "http", base = "/test" }
+version = "1.0.0"
+
+[[component]]
+id = "hello"
+source = "http-component/target/wasm32-wasi/release/http_component.wasm"
+[component.trigger]
+route = "/hello/..."
+[component.build]
+workdir = "http-component"
+command = "cargo build --target wasm32-wasi --release"
+
+[[component]]
+id = "outbound-http-allowed"
+source = "outbound-http-component/target/wasm32-wasi/release/outbound_http_component.wasm"
+allowed_http_hosts = ["self"]
+[component.trigger]
+route = "/outbound-allowed/..."
+[component.build]
+workdir = "outbound-http-component"
+command = "cargo build --target wasm32-wasi --release"
+
+[[component]]
+id = "outbound-http-not-allowed"
+source = "outbound-http-component/target/wasm32-wasi/release/outbound_http_component.wasm"
+[component.trigger]
+route = "/outbound-not-allowed/..."
+[component.build]
+workdir = "outbound-http-component"
+command = "cargo build --target wasm32-wasi --release"