diff --git a/lib/addressable/uri.rb b/lib/addressable/uri.rb
index 71a806bf..26b02253 100644
--- a/lib/addressable/uri.rb
+++ b/lib/addressable/uri.rb
@@ -74,6 +74,9 @@ module CharacterClasses
       "ldap" => 389,
       "prospero" => 1525
     }
+    ##
+    #  @@avoid_host_omitted is to avoid host validate when is set to be omitted
+    @@avoid_host_omitted = true
 
     ##
     # Returns a URI object based on the parsed string.
@@ -2292,11 +2295,15 @@ def omit(*components)
         :scheme, :user, :password, :userinfo, :host, :port, :authority,
         :path, :query, :fragment
       ]
+
       unless invalid_components.empty?
         raise ArgumentError,
           "Invalid component names: #{invalid_components.inspect}."
       end
       duplicated_uri = self.dup
+
+      @avoid_host_omitted = !components.include?(:host)
+
       duplicated_uri.defer_validation do
         components.each do |component|
           duplicated_uri.send((component.to_s + "=").to_sym, nil)
@@ -2449,10 +2456,8 @@ def validate
         raise InvalidURIError,
           "Absolute URI missing hierarchical segment: '#{self.to_s}'"
       end
-      if self.host == nil
-        if self.port != nil ||
-            self.user != nil ||
-            self.password != nil
+      if host.nil? && @@avoid_host_omitted
+        if !port.nil? || !user.nil? || !password.nil?
           raise InvalidURIError, "Hostname not supplied: '#{self.to_s}'"
         end
       end
diff --git a/spec/addressable/uri_spec.rb b/spec/addressable/uri_spec.rb
index 2a938a84..5b51676a 100644
--- a/spec/addressable/uri_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/addressable/uri_spec.rb
@@ -1033,6 +1033,19 @@ def to_s
   end
 end
 
+describe Addressable::URI, "when created has a host but is setup to \
+  be omitted" do
+
+  before do
+    @uri = Addressable::URI.parse("https://example").omit(:scheme, :host, :port,
+                                                          :user, :password)
+  end
+
+  it "avoid to be raised" do
+    expect(@uri).to be_instance_of(Addressable::URI)
+  end
+end
+
 describe Addressable::URI, "when created with both an authority and a user" do
   it "should raise an error" do
     expect(lambda do